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Victoria C. Woodhull: “We have in our midst thousands of people of immense wealth who have never even done so much to justify its possession as…”

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We have in our midst thousands of people of immense wealth who have never even done so much to justify its possession as the merchant-princes have done to justify themselves.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull critiques the wealthy elite who possess great wealth without contributing to society, contrasting them with industrious merchant-princes.

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