Victoria C. Woodhull: “Whatever else he may be free to perform he can never be emancipated…”

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Whatever else he may be free to perform he can never be emancipated from the necessity of yielding obedience to the demands of this existence.

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Victoria C. Woodhull

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She asserts that individuals cannot escape the demands of their existence, regardless of other freedoms they may have.

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