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Victoria C. Woodhull: “The wealthy classes are systematically conservative; and by instinct they are opposed to all movements which tend to…”

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The wealthy classes are systematically conservative; and by instinct they are opposed to all movements which tend to equalization.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull critiques the wealthy for their conservative stance against movements aimed at social equality.

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