Date: 1798
"Man has been defined to be a bundle of habits; till the bundle is made up we may continually increase or diminish it."
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Date: 1798
"In making observations upon subjects which are new to us, we must be content to use our memory unassisted at first by our reason; we must treasure up the ore and rubbish together, because we cannot immediately distinguish them from each other."
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Date: 1807
"I took the man of my heart, proudly spurning those alliances, where all is fairly engrossed, but the affections, and every thing duly stampt, except an impression on the heart"
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Date: 1807
"Father, why gird my poor brain with hoops of iron? In mercy loose them. Ah! now I'm free"
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Date: 1820
"Good bye, I wish you a wiser master--a jailor' heart should be like you--iron."
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