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Victoria C. Woodhull: “As intelligence becomes more and more generally diffused the domination of capital over labor becomes weaker and weaker…”

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As intelligence becomes more and more generally diffused the domination of capital over labor becomes weaker and weaker, and the dignity of labor more and more apparent, and, as a necessary result of the growth of this sentiment, labor is accorded more and wider privileges.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull observes that as knowledge spreads, labor gains more dignity and rights against capital's dominance.

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