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Victoria C. Woodhull: When analyzed and comprehended, the idea of a gold basis will forever depart from all progressive minds, and the impetus…

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When analyzed and comprehended, the idea of a gold basis will forever depart from all progressive minds, and the impetus the new money system will thereby receive will never be checked until its science is developed into general national practice.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull predicts that the idea of a gold standard will fade as progressive minds embrace a new money system.

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