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The needle is not truer to the pole than is Nature to the truth.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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gutenberg.orgThe needle is not truer to the pole than is Nature to the truth.
She compares the truth of nature to a needle's accuracy to the North Pole, emphasizing its reliability.
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