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Can a government by the mere fact of having been organized to preserve harmony among a people acquire an absolute title to the earth that is contained within its jurisdiction?
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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Editor's note · Context
Woodhull challenges the idea that governments can claim absolute ownership of land simply by existing.
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