How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction how to be secured in the equal exercise of those rights without equality of instruction? By instruction understand me to mean knowledge - just knowledge not talent, not genius, not inventive mental powers.

Wright links political rights to education, arguing that rights cannot be reliably protected unless citizens are taught how to exercise them on equal terms. She distinguishes “instruction” as basic, widely shared knowledge rather than rare brilliance—“not talent, not genius”—implying that democracy depends less on exceptional individuals than on an informed populace. The emphasis on “equality of instruction” frames education as a prerequisite for equal citizenship: without broadly accessible schooling, formal rights become hollow because power and participation concentrate among the educated. The passage reflects Wright’s radical egalitarianism and her belief that social reform must be grounded in universal, practical education.