text:  With this power of forming the mind of the rising generation this influence over the opinions the morals and the tastes of society this direct power in promoting objects both of private benevolence and national importance--with so many advantages how is it that women are still exposed to so many sufferings from dependence oppression mortification and contempt? why are their opinions yet sneered at? why is their influence rather deprecated than sought? Is it not that they have never learnt even the selfish policy of connecting themselves with the spirit of moral and intellectual advancement? Is it not because their liberty their privileges their power have proceeded in many respects less from a spirit of justice in the other sex or a sense of moral fitness than from the love of pleasure and luxury of which women are the best promoters?" In England these evils are peculiarly great; for in England they are without compensation