"If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?"

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“It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.”

“An ardent affection for the human race makes enthusiastic characters eager to produce alteration in laws and governments prematurely. To render them useful and permanent, they must be the growth of each particular soil, and the gradual fruit of the ripening understanding of the nation, matured by time, not forced by an unnatural fermentation.”

“You know I am not born to tread in the beaten track — the peculiar bent of my nature pushes me on.”

“We reason deeply, when we forcibly feel.”

“Virtue can only flourish amongst equals.”

“Till society is very differently constituted, parents, I fear, will still insist on being obeyed, because they will be obeyed, and constantly endeavour to settle that power on a Divine right, which will not bear the investigation of reason.”

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