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Victoria C. Woodhull: It is a definite and unanswerable proposition, then, that every nation of which we have historic record, was a result of…

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It is a definite and unanswerable proposition, then, that every nation of which we have historic record, was a result of pre-existing causes, and led to further effects, and that each filled and performed a part, especially its own, which was a natural and necessary result of the time and place it existed in.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull argues that nations are shaped by historical causes and effects, highlighting the interconnectedness of history.

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