Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.
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The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason.
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The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger.
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Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense.
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Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave?
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