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Date: 1729

"As Iron is to be hammer'd whilst it is hot and ductile, so Children are to be taught when they are young"

— Mandeville, Bernard (bap. 1670, d. 1733)

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Date: September 27, 1746

"My virtue shows what 'twas the gods design'd, / By chance on Africk's clay they stamp'd a Roman mind."

— Hervey, John, second Baron Hervey of Ickworth (1696-1743)

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