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Victoria C. Woodhull: What more do people want, except it be for the purpose of tyrannizing over others dependent upon them?

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What more do people want, except it be for the purpose of tyrannizing over others dependent upon them?
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull emphasizes the fundamental desires of humanity in the pursuit of freedom and justice.

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