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Victoria C. Woodhull: “It would arise as if by magic out of the conditions of the times, and leaders will rise and come to the front as though…”

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It would arise as if by magic out of the conditions of the times, and leaders will rise and come to the front as though Heaven-directed, and they will be received by the people by acclamation.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull predicts that a political party will emerge organically from the societal conditions of the time.

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