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To all things there are two extremes and a mean, the evidence of perfection being that there is always an equilibrium sustained between the extremes through the medium of the mean.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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Woodhull discusses the philosophical concept of balance and equilibrium in relation to extremes.
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