An idea from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

The whole case rests on faith. Reason is God’s gift to every soul, and every soul is headed for eternity, so nobody may keep a woman’s reason small. Without that faith, the argument needs other ground to stand on.

From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

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