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Victoria C. Woodhull: “This question forms one of the corner-stones of future society, but of all the questions in which society seems…”

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This question forms one of the corner-stones of future society, but of all the questions in which society seems interested it is the worst understood.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull emphasizes the importance of understanding foundational societal questions for future progress.

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