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Victoria C. Woodhull: “Let us have truth, then, even if it strips away the last of our preconceived opinions.”

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Let us have truth, then, even if it strips away the last of our preconceived opinions.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull advocates for the pursuit of truth, even at the cost of long-held beliefs.

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