It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are, in some degree, independent of men; nay, it is vain to expect that strength of natural affection, which would make them good wives and good mothers.
除非女性在某种程度上独立于男性,否则期望女性具有美德是徒劳的;不仅如此,指望她们能成为贤妻良母的那种天生的感情力量是徒劳的。