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Victoria C. Woodhull: “It is evident from the rapidly spreading knowledge among the laboring classes, that they will soon demand some…”

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It is evident from the rapidly spreading knowledge among the laboring classes, that they will soon demand some modifications in the forms, and in the relations they sustain through them to society.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull observes that the laboring classes are becoming more aware and will soon demand changes in societal relations.

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