"Successful minds work like a gimlet -- to a single point."

— Christian Nestell Bovee (1820-1904)


Place of Publication
Cambridge
Publisher
Riverside Press
Date
1862
Metaphor
"Successful minds work like a gimlet -- to a single point."
Metaphor in Context
Successful minds work like a gimlet -- to a single point.
Provenance
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Citation
Bovee, Christian Nestell. Intuitions and Summaries of Thought. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1862.
Date of Entry
12/20/2009

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.