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Date: 1801

The heart may bear a "fair image"

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

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Date: 1801

Heaven "Braces each nerve, and stamps with energy his soul"

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

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Date: 1801

"Stampt on my soul, and with my life combin'd, / Is the remembrance of my much-lov'd King"

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

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Date: February, 1821

"This is the only true ideal--the heavenly tints of Fancy reflected in the bubbles that float upon the spring-tide of human life."

— Hazlitt, William (1778-1830)

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Date: 1851

"Just as a spring, through the continual pressure of a foreign body, at last loses its elasticity, so does the mind if it has another person’s thoughts continually forced upon it."

— Schopenhauer, Arthur (1788-1860)

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Date: 1871

"Tis prudent to correct mens mistakes without altering their language. This makes truth glide into their souls insensibly."

— Berkeley, George (1685-1753)

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