In the widest freedom there is the most virtue, because, under restraint, compulsion often passes for virtue, while its semblance only is there.
Victoria C. Woodhull: “In the widest freedom there is the most virtue, because, under restraint, compulsion often passes for virtue, while its…”
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Woodhull argues that true virtue arises from freedom rather than compulsion.
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