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Victoria C. Woodhull: It is this innate sense of individual right which is present in the consciousness of every individual who has grown to…

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It is this innate sense of individual right which is present in the consciousness of every individual who has grown to know he is an individual, which makes this constant conflict between ultimation and approximation.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull discusses the inherent conflict between individual rights and societal expectations.

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