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The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason.

The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason.

Mary Wollstonecraft
Atheism, Literature, Reason
Mary Wollstonecraft (2012). “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, p.177, Courier Corporation

How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?

Mary Wollstonecraft
Literature, Rational, Exertion
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman ch. 3 (1792)

Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.

Mary Wollstonecraft
Dream, Heart, Literature
Mary Wollstonecraft (2005). “Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark”, p.76, Cosimo, Inc.

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?

Mary Wollstonecraft
Power, Literature, Dependence On Others
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman ch. 3 (1792)

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