Victoria C. Woodhull: “New palaces of Science, Faith and Truth, Tower o’er the humble dwellings of our youth.”

Who will dare to assert that they are not even now seeking another Moses to lead “His people” up out of Egypt?

Religion, clad in its robes “of purple and fine linen,” faring “sumptuously every day,” forgetting that Christ was cradled in a manger, and that His disciples were fishermen, continually cries, as did the “Pharisees and hypocrites” of old…

Where are all the great of the past; its orators, philosophers and statesmen; Confucius, Zoroaster, Moses, David, Solomon, Lycurgus, Demosthenes, Cicero, Bonaparte, Washington, and many others, of all nations and climes, to whom history…

Are they not better qualified to direct legislation now than the wisest among us?