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Date: 1688

"Here's Cavities, says one; and here, says he, / Is th' Seat of Fancy, Judgment, Memory: / Here, says another, is the fertile Womb, / From whence the Spirits Animal do come, / Which are mysteriously ingender'd here, / Of Spirits from Arterious Blood and Air: / Here, said a third, Life made her fi...

— Barker, Jane (1675-1743)

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Date: May 16, 2014

"It was like jump-starting a car, connecting little bits of her brain that fire every system at once."

— Cohen, Joanna

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Date: 2018

"I'm doing fine / Trying to derail my one track mind."

— Dacus, Lucy (b. May 2, 1995)

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