 Think it no longer indifferent whether the mothers of the rising generation are wise or foolish. Think it not indifferent whether your own companions are ignorant or enlightened. Think it not indifferent whether those who are to form the opinions, sway...  Course of Popular Lectures - Page 55by Frances Wright - 1829 - 239 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1829 - 624 pages
...of women, by favouring their subordination, ensures their utility. "I'is the same argument that is employed by the ruling few against the subject many...democracies ; by the learned professions against the poor in all countries. And let us observe, that if good in one case, it should be good in all; and... | |
 | 1829 - 842 pages
...subordination, ensures their utility. 'Tis the same argument that is employed by the ruling few agaiast the subject many in aristocracies ; by the rich against...democracies ; by the learned professions against the poor in all countries. And let us observe, that if good in one case, it should be good in all ; and... | |
 | Free thought - 1842 - 1124 pages
...is 'a vulgar persuasion, that the ignorance ol women, by favoring their subordination, ensures tbea utility. 'Tis the same argument employed by the ruling...against the subject many in aristocracies; by the ricn against the poor in democracies ; by the learned professions against the people in all countries.... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy - Slavery - 1843 - 598 pages
...prejudices, that we can discever the equal absurdity of all. There is a vulgar persuation, that the ignoranee of women, by favoring their subordination, ensures...employed by the ruling few against the subject many in aristoeraeies ; by the rich against the poor in demoeraeies ; by the learned professions against the... | |
 | Mary Biggs - History - 1996 - 544 pages
...during the Revolutionary War, less than two months before the Declaration of Independence was signed. 3 There is a vulgar persuasion, that the ignorance of...learned professions against the people in all countries. FRANCES WRIGHT (1795-1852), Scottish author and speaker; relocated to America. Course of Popular Lectures,... | |
 | Therese Boos Dykeman - Women philosophers - 1999 - 392 pages
...the species — and that not through their children only, but through their lovers and husband — are enlightened friends or capricious mistresses,...countries. And let us observe, that if good in one case, if should be good in all; and that, unless you are prepared to admit that you are yourselves less industrious... | |
 | Josephine Donovan - Social Science - 2000 - 290 pages
...she claimed, could only come from the oppressor class for whom such suppression was indeed "useful." There is a vulgar persuasion that the ignorance of...learned professions against the people in all countries (32). "Let us have done with abstractions!" Wright argued, "Truth is fact." A central means of determining... | |
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