To demonstrate that money is only a convenience and not an absolute necessity, any one has only to observe that frequent purchases, sales and payments are made without the use of money or any other representative of value, but by the direct transfer of value for value.
Woodhull argues that value can be exchanged directly without money, highlighting the flexibility of commerce.
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