Whoever rationally means to be useful, must have a plan of conduct; and, in the discharge of the simplest duty, we are often obliged to act contrary to the present impulse of tenderness or compassion.
Mary Wollstonecraft
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- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; source text line 3209
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; source text line 3209
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