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    If instincts are not governed by reason, they will run wi... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Reason should cultivate and govern instincts implanted in us to render the path of duty pleasant

    If instincts are not governed by reason, they will run wild and strengthen the passions of vanity and self-love

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    Apart from Mary, a Fiction and The Cave of Fancy Wollstonecraft’s early writings were of a pedagogical nature (Jones 2020). These reveal the profound influence John Locke had on Wollstonecraft’s thought, and several of the arguments of his Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693) are echoed in Wollstonecraft’s conception of morality and the best manner to inculcate it in individuals at the earliest possible age. The opening paragraph of her Thoughts on the Education of Daughters speaks of the d

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