To material prosperity and intellectual acquirements there must be added moral purity, and then we shall get wisdom.
Victoria C. Woodhull: “To material prosperity and intellectual acquirements there must be added moral purity, and then we shall get wisdom.”
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Woodhull argues that moral purity is essential for achieving true wisdom alongside material success.
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