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Date: 1800

One's thoughts may be visible to another

— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)

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Date: 1850

"My imagination was a tarnished mirror. It would not reflect, or only with miserable dimness, the figures with which I did my best to people it."

— Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864)

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Date: 1873

"There thou sittest in thy wonted corner / Lone and awful in thy darkened mind."

— Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)

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