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Can mouldering relics, or can fossiled creeds, Provide the quickening age her mighty needs?
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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gutenberg.orgCan mouldering relics, or can fossiled creeds, Provide the quickening age her mighty needs?
This passage questions whether outdated beliefs can meet the needs of a changing society.
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