The general love of freedom, because it is an inherent right, is one of the first evidences the soul presents that it is growing from the boundaries and control of the material, from which it sprang, into those of the spiritual toward which it tends.
Woodhull articulates the inherent right to freedom as a sign of spiritual growth, linking personal development to broader societal progress.
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Are not their minds expanded to the comprehension of the great principles of governmental justice?
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…
If they still live as spirits, if they have had better opportunities of obtaining wisdom and knowledge pertaining to earth-life than we—can this world avail itself of their assistance to establish on earth the government of heaven?
Are they not better qualified to direct legislation now than the wisest among us?