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Victoria C. Woodhull: “On the contrary, many enterprises which have proved equally beneficial to the country have ruined those who projected…”

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On the contrary, many enterprises which have proved equally beneficial to the country have ruined those who projected them.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull points out that some ventures that benefited society ultimately harmed their initiators.

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