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Date: 1745
"I would rather compare it [the mind] to a Seed, which contains all the Stamina of the future Plant, and all those Principles of Perfection, to which it aspires in its After-growth, and regularly arrives by gradual Stages, unless it is obstructed in its Progress by external Violence."
preview | full record— Fordyce, David (bap. 1711, d. 1751)
Date: 1783
"Weeds in abundance spring up in a piece of ground which is neglected; -- so do naughty dispositions in an uncultivated mind."
preview | full record— Fenn [née Frere], Ellenor (1744-1813)
Date: 1956
"'Can there be such stubbornness-- / A soul grown feverish, clutching its dead body-tree / Like a last storm-crossed leaf? "
preview | full record— Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963)
