On the record
Can codes, half dead, framed in days long gone by, The soul’s new wants, so manifold, supply?
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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gutenberg.orgCan codes, half dead, framed in days long gone by, The soul’s new wants, so manifold, supply?
Woodhull critiques old laws and codes for failing to address contemporary spiritual needs.
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It will only be considered as a means to other and higher ends.
In such a condition of things, courts of justice, with all their attendant judges, bailiffs and attorneys-at-law, would find their occupation gone.
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