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Victoria C. Woodhull: “The inventive powers of the mind will continue to produce more labor-saving machines until labor directly with the hand…”

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The inventive powers of the mind will continue to produce more labor-saving machines until labor directly with the hand will be almost, perhaps entirely, superseded.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull predicts the continued advancement of technology that will further reduce the need for manual labor.

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