"I reflected that the source of all energy, and even of life, is seated in the thought"
— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Hugh Maxwell
Date
1799
Metaphor
"I reflected that the source of all energy, and even of life, is seated in the thought"
Metaphor in Context
These prognostics were easily interpreted. What I chiefly dreaded was, that they would disable me from executing the task which I had undertaken. I summoned up all my resolution, and cherished a disdain of yielding to this ignoble destiny. I reflected that the source of all energy, and even of life, is seated in the thought; that nothing is arduous to human efforts; that the external frame will seldom languish, while actuated by an unconquerable soul.
(Part I, chapter 18, p. 383)
(Part I, chapter 18, p. 383)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
First part published in 1799; second in 1800. Reading and transcribing text from Charles Brockden Brown, Three Gothic Novels. New York: Library of America,1998.
Date of Entry
07/18/2003
Date of Review
10/23/2003
