"The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it."
Mary Astell"But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?"
Mary Astell"Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail."
Mary Astell