"Every man may learn the elements of geography, which is the noblest science in the world, from an attention to the temperature of his own mind."
— Anonymous
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Scatcherd and Whitaker, Ave Maria-Lane; J. Sewell, Cornhill; and J. Debrett, Piccadilly
Date
October, 1784
Metaphor
"Every man may learn the elements of geography, which is the noblest science in the world, from an attention to the temperature of his own mind."
Metaphor in Context
V. Every man may learn the elements of geography, which is the noblest science in the world, from an attention to the temperature of his own mind.
Melancholy is the North Pole,
Envy the South,
Choler the Torrid Zone,
Ambition is the Zodiac,
Joy the Ecliptic Line,
Justice the Equinoxial,
Prudence aud Temperance the Artic and Antarctic Circles.
Patience and Fortitude the Tropics.
(p. 316)
Melancholy is the North Pole,
Envy the South,
Choler the Torrid Zone,
Ambition is the Zodiac,
Joy the Ecliptic Line,
Justice the Equinoxial,
Prudence aud Temperance the Artic and Antarctic Circles.
Patience and Fortitude the Tropics.
(p. 316)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "the mind is a" in Google Books
Citation
Anonymous, "A Dozen of Allegories," The European Magazine and London Review (London: Scatcherd and Whitaker, 1784): 316. <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
04/16/2011
