How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
With respect to religion, she never presumed to judge for herself; but conformed, as a dependent creature should, to the ceremonies of the church which she was brought up in, piously believing that wiser heads than her own have settled that business. (3.41)
Again, Wollstonecraft shows us how many women with natural intelligence never end up developing their minds because they obey their parents and the church. They just go through life figuring that all the world's questions have already been answered.
Quote #5
More or less may be conspicuous in one being than another; but the nature of reason must be the same in all, if it be an emanation of divinity, the tie that connects the creature with the Creator. (4.3)
If the power of reason comes directly from God, then it must be the same in all people. In other words, God guarantees that reason has no gender. Therefore, both men and women have the same power of reason and the same ability to strengthen it.
Quote #6
Yet if love be the supreme good, let women only be educated to inspire it […] and let love to man be only a part of that glowing flame of universal love, which, after encircling humanity, mounts in a grateful incense to God. (4.53)
Wollstonecraft thinks that physical love is not the be all and end all of life, so she thinks women should learn things like philosophy and science. A more elevated kind of love—that built on mutual respect and a life of the mind—is only possible if both men and women are properly educated. It's only this elevated kind of love that can be considered truly holy.