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Perhaps there is a no more suggestive or instructive fact in all the realm of society than that the laboring classes are the liberal classes.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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gutenberg.orgVictoria C. Woodhull: “Perhaps there is a no more suggestive or instructive fact in all the realm of society than that the laboring classes are…”
Editor's note · Context
Woodhull asserts that the laboring classes are often the driving force behind social progress.
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