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Date: 1819

"'In dreams the chosen of my heart I view'd, / 'And thus th' impression day by day renew'd"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1819

"'Yes, all are dreams; but some as we awake / 'Fly off at once, and no impression make; / 'Others are felt, and ere they quit the brain / 'Make such impression that they come again"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1820

"'Tis in that hour the mind receives ... The best impression virtue gives."

— Combe, William (1742 -1823)

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Date: 1831

Helvetius's creed is that men are born equal and "it depends upon education only, in the largest sense of that word, including every impression that may be made upon the mind, intentional or accidental, from the hour of our birth, whether we shall be poets or philosophers, dancers or singers, che...

— Godwin, William (1756-1836)

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