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Rh I have repeatedly aerted, and produced what appeared to me irrefragable arguments drawn from matters of fact, to prove my aertion, that women cannot, by force, be confined to dometic concerns; for they will, however ignorant, intermeddle with more weighty affairs, neglecting private duties only to diturb, by cunning tricks, the orderly plans of reaon which rie above their comprehenion.

Beides, whilt they are only made to acquire peronal accomplihments, men will eek for pleaure in variety, and faithles hubands will make faithles wives; uch ignorant beings, indeed, will be very excuable when, not taught to repect public good, nor allowed any civil rights, they attempt to do themelves jutice by retaliation.

The box of michief thus opened in ociety, what is to preerve private virtue, the only ecurity of public freedom and univeral happines?

Let there be then no coercion etablihed in ociety, and the common law of gravity prevailing, the exes will fall into their proper places. And, now that more equitable laws are forming your citizens, marriage may become more acred; your young men may chooe wives from motives of affection, and your maidens allow love to root out vanity. The&ensp;