The philosopher and the best reformer would here step in and say that it is their province not so much to tear down the old as it is to prepare the new that shall take the place of the old.
Woodhull emphasizes the importance of building a new system rather than merely dismantling the old one.
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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.
Are they not better qualified to direct legislation now than the wisest among us?
Prisons would be converted into asylums and workshops for the weak and unfortunate, and their keepers into superintendents and teachers.
If the angel in the bush were possible, why may not angels manifest the wisdom, power, and justice of God in our legislative halls?