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Victoria C. Woodhull: Charity, with its long cloak of justice escaped, has long enough covered a multitude of sins.

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Charity, with its long cloak of justice escaped, has long enough covered a multitude of sins.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull critiques the superficiality of charity, suggesting it often masks deeper injustices.

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