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upon the Quotations from theſe Authors, and draw ſome Concluſions which I think follow from their Principles.
Fourthly, I ſhall explain the original Curſe of Subjection paſſed upon the Woman, and ſhew that the Laws of England go far beyond it.
Firſt, Mr Wollaſton in his Religion of Nature repreſents the two Sexes, as exact Counter Parts to each other, he ſpeaks, "[1] of the Interchange of Affections, and a Conſpiration of all their Counsels and Measures, the Qualities and Abilities of the one Sex being fitted, and as it were tallying to the Wants of the other. Many things there are which may be uſeful, perhaps neceſſary to the Man, and yet require the delicater Hand and nicer Management and Genius of the Woman: And ſo the Woman, cannot but want many things which require the more robuſt and active Powers, or greater Capacity of the Man."
Again, "[2] I have designedly forborn to mention that Authority of an Huſband over his Wife, which is uſually given
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