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Victoria C. Woodhull: Where could the lusts of the flesh plot their treason against the sovereignty of the spirit, beyond the range of spirit…

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Where could the lusts of the flesh plot their treason against the sovereignty of the spirit, beyond the range of spirit vigilance—this new safeguard of human society, the eternal law of progress, which is now unfolding?
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull envisions a society where spiritual awareness prevents moral corruption.

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