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Even those who have immense earthly possessions, show their consciousness of inferiority by courting the great in other fields of acquirement.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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gutenberg.orgEven those who have immense earthly possessions, show their consciousness of inferiority by courting the great in other fields of acquirement.
Woodhull suggests that those with material wealth often seek validation from intellectuals and great thinkers.
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Every thinking person knows that no such persons or principles are in authority now, and that they have not been these many years.
And this is no more true of the pauper laborers of Europe and the slave laborers of Asia than it is of the free labor of America.
How has it been possible thus long for leaders to control the masses, except that the masses have permitted others to act for them, and that without rendering any account for such action?
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