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The vain fears and fond jealousies, the winds which fan the flame of love, when judiciously or artfully tempered, are both incompatible with the tender confidence and sincere respect of friendship.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

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From Chapter 4 of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Read the surrounding argument as well as the excerpt; its historical language and philosophical assumptions shape its meaning.

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Source: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman , Chapter 4

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