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First and most important—most important because it is the determining point which gives all that follows tangibility—is, that money, in its primary uses, is a means and not an end.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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Woodhull emphasizes the fundamental purpose of money as a tool for facilitating trade rather than an end in itself.
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