In whatever light, then, human government is viewed, these philosophic laws should never be lost sight of nor disregarded; but the causes of all the rises and falls, transformations, modifications and amalgamations, should be sought by the application of those laws to the objective points under consideration.
Woodhull stresses the importance of philosophical laws in analyzing the dynamics of human government.
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It will only be considered as a means to other and higher ends.
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