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Victoria C. Woodhull: To render to him what and only what he has rendered another is maintaining the old Mosaic rule of “an eye for an eye,”…

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To render to him what and only what he has rendered another is maintaining the old Mosaic rule of “an eye for an eye,” which in these latter times should be obsolete.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull critiques the outdated principle of retributive justice, advocating for a more modern approach.

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