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Victoria C. Woodhull: Commerce, in its most comprehensive sense, does not apply merely to the exchange of the material products of the world…

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Commerce, in its most comprehensive sense, does not apply merely to the exchange of the material products of the world, but to the exchange of intellectual, moral, social and religious products also, and its application thereby becomes common to all the interests of humanity.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

Editor's note · Context

Woodhull expands the definition of commerce to include the exchange of ideas and values, not just material goods.

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