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Victoria C. Woodhull: “Let me warn, nay, let me implore them not to be deaf to this demand, since they do not know so well as I know what…”

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Let me warn, nay, let me implore them not to be deaf to this demand, since they do not know so well as I know what temper there is behind it.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull warns the powerful to heed the demands of the oppressed, as they are driven by deep frustration.

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