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Victoria C. Woodhull: “It is to be feared that wealth will not yield to science, and that it will endeavor to bring it under its sway to…”

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It is to be feared that wealth will not yield to science, and that it will endeavor to bring it under its sway to further enslave the “toiling millions” and make them minister longer to its despotism.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull warns about the potential for wealth to manipulate science to further exploit the working class.

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