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Victoria C. Woodhull: We must be perfect within ourselves before we can expect to become the pattern for others, or expect that others will…

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We must be perfect within ourselves before we can expect to become the pattern for others, or expect that others will gravitate to us.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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She believes that self-improvement is necessary before expecting others to follow suit.

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