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Date: 1803

In one's "front and features" we may admire "Nature unwither'd and a mind entire"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1803

Minds immortal may learn the "power of Cupid" and "enamour'd burn"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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A "mien majestic" and "dark brows" may show "The tranquil lustre of a lofty mind"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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"[W]rithing Mania sits on Reason's throne, /Or Melancholy marks it for her own"

— Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)

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"Reason's empire o'er the world presides, / And man from brute, and man from man divides"

— Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)

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"Yet laws there are, whose power each being feels, Impress'd on every heart with Nature's seals."

— Pratt, Samuel Jackson [pseud. Courtney Melmoth] (1749-1814)

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"But give the tone of brain, the nerves which bear / Faithful impressions strong; give the mild sun / Of opportunity to dart its rays; / Give leisure, curious search, the strenuous thought / Aiming at worth superlative, give time / Which solely perfects wisdom; and the form / Of Genius will arise"

— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)

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Date: 1803

Genius may "Add novel tints to fancy's rainbow dress."

— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)

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Genius may "separate the clouds by error spread, / Till all the gloom is vanquish'd, and the light / Of intellectual day wide-blazing streams"

— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)

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"The polish'd links that form the social chain, / For ages still to ages may remain / Nor snapt by rage, nor undermin'd by art, / If well the rivets join in every part; / But if those links that would the peasant bind, / Gall his chaf'd body, and corrode his mind, / The poor man's iron, and the r...

— Pratt, Samuel Jackson [pseud. Courtney Melmoth] (1749-1814)

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