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Yet stand they do, and with contemptuous pride, Fling Reason, Progress, Hope and Faith aside.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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gutenberg.orgYet stand they do, and with contemptuous pride, Fling Reason, Progress, Hope and Faith aside.
This passage criticizes the resistance to reason and progress by those in power.
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