The sphere of government must be enlarged and made to include very many questions which are now utterly ignored, before society can ever be considered as resting upon a surely permanent foundation.
Woodhull emphasizes the need for a broader scope of government to address neglected societal issues.
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If the angel in the bush were possible, why may not angels manifest the wisdom, power, and justice of God in our legislative halls?
Are they not better qualified to direct legislation now than the wisest among us?
As the beams reflected from the mountain top are of the sun, and not the mountains, so are these spiritual rays of the spiritual sun, and not of the individual reflecting them, or through whom they may chance to shine.
Prisons would be converted into asylums and workshops for the weak and unfortunate, and their keepers into superintendents and teachers.