They were hundreds of years in advance of the general people, for whom they wrought, and it may be seriously questioned whether they have had any representatives since, and whether they have any at present, who are actuated by any such lofty patriotism as they were.
Woodhull critiques the lack of representation for advanced ideals since the founding of the republic.
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Where are all the great of the past; its orators, philosophers and statesmen; Confucius, Zoroaster, Moses, David, Solomon, Lycurgus, Demosthenes, Cicero, Bonaparte, Washington, and many others, of all nations and climes, to whom history…
Who will dare to assert that they are not even now seeking another Moses to lead “His people” up out of Egypt?
Are not their minds expanded to the comprehension of the great principles of governmental justice?
Verily, verily, I say unto you, this people vaunteth and puffeth itself with knowledge, but wisdom hath surely departed to the lowly ones of earth!