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Victoria C. Woodhull: You will have to yield, and it will be best for you to do it gracefully.

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You will have to yield, and it will be best for you to do it gracefully.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull advises those in power to yield gracefully to the demands of the people.

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