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Rh perpetual dicord, and their union could not ubit. But in the preent harmony which naturally ubits between them, their different faculties tend to one common end; it is difficult to ay which of them conduces the mot to it: each follows the impule of the other; each is obedient, and both are maters.'

'As the conduct of a woman is ubervient to the public opinion, her faith in matters of religion hould, for that very reaon, be ubject to authority. Every daughter ought to be of the ame religion as her mother, and every wife to be of the ame religion as her huband: for, though uch religion hould be fale, that docility which induces the mother and daughter to ubmit to the order of nature, take away, in the ight of God, the criminality of their error .' As 'they are not in a capacity to judge for themelves, they ought to abide by the deciion of their fathers and hubands as confidently as by that of the church.'

'As authority ought to regulate the religion of the women, it is not o needful to explain to them the reaons for their belief, as to lay down preciely the tenets they are to believe: for the creed, which preents only obcure ideas to the mind, is the ource of fanaticim; and that which preents aburdities, leads to infidelity.'

Abolute, uncontroverted authority, it eems, mut ubit omewhere: but is not this a direct and&ensp;