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Victoria C. Woodhull: “That the blind should be led necessitates the continuous condition of blindness.”

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That the blind should be led necessitates the continuous condition of blindness.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull suggests that leading the blind perpetuates a cycle of ignorance.

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