"My mind gradually expanded itself, as it were, for the reception of new ideas."
— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
George Folliot Hopkins
Date
1800
Metaphor
"My mind gradually expanded itself, as it were, for the reception of new ideas."
Metaphor in Context
I now set about carrying my plan of life into effect. I began with ardent zeal and unwearied diligence the career of medical study. I bespoke the counsels and instructions of my friend; attended him on his professional visits, and acted, in all practicable cases, as his substitute. I found this application of time more pleasurable than I had imagined. My mind gradually expanded itself, as it were, for the reception of new ideas. My curiosity grew more eager, in proportion as it was supplied with food, and every day added strength to the assurance that I was no insignificant and worthless being; that I was destined to be something in this scene of existence, and might someday lay claim to the gratitude and homage of my fellow-men.
(II,xxi, p. 589)
(II,xxi, p. 589)
Categories
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Reading
Citation
Brown, Charles Brockden. Three Gothic Novels. New York: Library of America,1998.
Date of Entry
07/21/2003
