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Victoria C. Woodhull: The subject of government and the solution of all its difficulties seem to hinge upon the question, Where does God’s…

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The subject of government and the solution of all its difficulties seem to hinge upon the question, Where does God’s government drop its sway (if it does so at all), and where does man take it up, on his own account, by inherent natural right, guaranteed to him by the law that gave him being?
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull raises a philosophical question about the relationship between divine governance and human authority in government.

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