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To do so carries no conviction nor prophetic knowledge of what must be next, as a necessary sequence.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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gutenberg.orgVictoria C. Woodhull: “To do so carries no conviction nor prophetic knowledge of what must be next, as a necessary sequence.”
Editor's note · Context
Woodhull warns that without conviction, assertions lack predictive power about future events.
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