Date: 1782
"I have heard it more than once observed of fortunate adventurers--they have come home enriched in purse--but wretchedly barren in intellects--the mind, my dear Jack, wants food--as well as the stomach--why then should not one wish to increase in knowledge as well as money?"
preview | full record— Sancho, Charles Ignatius (1729-1780)
Date: December 10, 1784; 1785
"The daily food and nourishment of the mind of an Artist is found in the great works of his predecessors."
preview | full record— Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792)
Date: 1789
"It was the first soul feast I ever was present at."
preview | full record— Equiano, Olaudah [Gustavus Vasa] (c. 1745-1797)