A lecture by Victoria Claflin Woodhull ...: The review of a century; or, the fruit of five thousand years

The lecture offers a sweeping review of the preceding century, opening with the founding generation and moving through national expansion, natural wealth, and commercial development. It evaluates political, industrial, social, and religious conditions, characterizing material abundance alongside persistent injustice, unequal access to citizenship and rights, and moral failures in public policy. The speaker contrasts national prosperity and technological reach with social inequalities, critiques legal and constitutional practices that limit political inclusion, and calls readers to assess the ethical use of collective resources and to consider reforms aimed at aligning national life with principles of justice and charity.