Absolute, uncontroverted authority, it seems, must subsist somewhere: but is not this a direct and exclusive appropriation of reason? The RIGHTS of humanity have been thus confined to the male line from Adam downwards.

绝对的、无可争议的权威，似乎必须存在于某个地方：但这难道不是对理性的直接和排他性的挪用吗？因此，人类的权利被限制在从亚当以下的男性血统中。