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Date: 1713

"Imperial Reason keeps her awful Throne, / Above the Tumult reigns unmov'd alone: / At her Command intestine Discords cease, / And all th' inferiour Pow'rs lie hush'd in Peace."

— Trapp, Joseph (1679-1747)

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Date: 1717

Horror may invade the mind

— Dillon, Wentworth, 4th Earl of Roscommon (1637-1685)

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Date: 1742

God may "conquer my rebellious will, / And bid my murmuring heart 'Be Still.'"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1862

"Intestine war no more our passions wage; / E'en giddy factions hear away their rage."

— Wesley, Samuel, the Younger (1691-1739)

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