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Date: 1741

"I Might give another plain Simile to confirm the Truth of this [mnemonic method]. What Horse or Carriage can take up and bear away all the various, rude and unweildy Loppings of a branchy Tree at once? But if they are divided yet further so as to be laid close, and bound up in a more uniform Man...

— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)

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Date: 1953

"Should poets bicycle-pump the human heart / Or squash it flat?"

— Amis, Kingsley (1922-1995)

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Date: January 27, 2024

"Dr. Poerio uses the analogy of a person whose mind has been hijacked."

— Amanda McCracken

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