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"After the golden age of Latinity, we gradually slide into the silver, and at length precipitately descend into the iron."
"It is silver that can pride itself as the overlay of the gods."

Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, whitish-gray, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. Silver is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form, as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is p
"After the golden age of Latinity, we gradually slide into the silver, and at length precipitately descend into the iron."
"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."
"The sayings of the Lord are pure; they are like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times."