Victoria C. Woodhull: “It must look the condition squarely in the face, and meet the issue as squarely.”

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!

If they still live as spirits, if they have had better opportunities of obtaining wisdom and knowledge pertaining to earth-life than we—can this world avail itself of their assistance to establish on earth the government of heaven?

Who will dare to assert that they are not even now seeking another Moses to lead “His people” up out of Egypt?

Prisons would be converted into asylums and workshops for the weak and unfortunate, and their keepers into superintendents and teachers.