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Yet look again; Man reaches to his prime, Like God, creating through fixed laws and time, Must he not, too, through each gradation go, Reaching to higher passes from the low?
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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gutenberg.orgVictoria C. Woodhull: “Yet look again; Man reaches to his prime, Like God, creating through fixed laws and time, Must he not, too, through each…”
Editor's note · Context
She suggests that humans, like God, must evolve and progress through stages of development.
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