Innumerable Evils Still Remain, It Is True, To
Afflict The Humane Investigator, And Hurry The Benevolent Reformer
Into A Labyrinth Of Error, Who Aims At Destroying Prejudices Quickly
Which Only Time Can Root Out, As The Public Opinion Becomes Subject
To Reason.
An ardent affection for the human race makes enthusiastic characters
eager to produce alteration in laws and governments prematurely.
To
render them useful and permanent, they must be the growth of each
particular soil, and the gradual fruit of the ripening understanding
of the nation, matured by time, not forced by an unnatural
fermentation. And, to convince me that such a change is gaining
ground with accelerating pace, the view I have had of society during
my northern journey would have been sufficient had I not previously
considered the grand causes which combine to carry mankind forward
and diminish the sum of human misery.
End of LETTERS ON SWEDEN, NORWAY, AND DENMARK by Wollstonecraft
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