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Many of these have no sympathies in common with you, most of them are, by all their controlling influences, drawn from the consideration even of your condition.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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gutenberg.orgVictoria C. Woodhull: “Many of these have no sympathies in common with you, most of them are, by all their controlling influences, drawn from…”
Editor's note · Context
Woodhull highlights the disconnect between the interests of the laboring class and those of their political representatives.
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