If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, from which an orderly train of virtues spring, can only be produced by considering the moral and civil interest of mankind; but the education and situation of woman, at present, shuts her out from such investigations . . .

–A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,

Mary Wollstonecraft

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What is the topic?
Patriotism

Which detail gives more information about the topic?
"their mother must be a patriot"

Which sentence states the central idea?
"An educated mother can raise patriotic children".