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Victoria C. Woodhull: “Indeed, the whole surface of humanity is surging like the billows of the stormy ocean, and it only escapes general and…”

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Indeed, the whole surface of humanity is surging like the billows of the stormy ocean, and it only escapes general and destructive rupture because its composition, like the consciences of its constituent members, is so elastic.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull describes the tumultuous state of humanity, likening it to a stormy ocean, indicating a need for change.

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