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Victoria C. Woodhull: Though one of the youngest of European kingdoms, it seems possessed of an inherent strength superior to them all, which…

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Though one of the youngest of European kingdoms, it seems possessed of an inherent strength superior to them all, which Bonaparte, with all his terrible power and ambition, could not scatter nor weaken, and which stands ever ready to gather under its protecting wings the sickening adjacent kingdoms.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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She highlights Russia's inherent strength and its potential to unify neighboring kingdoms.

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