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Date: December, 1763; 1774

Bigotry "Wouldst pluck down Reason from her throne / to raise some fantom"

— Lloyd, Robert (bap. 1733, d. 1764)

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Date: 1763

"Doth Virtue in thy bosom brighter glow, / Or from a Spring more pure doth Action flow? / Is not thy Soul bound with those very chains / Which shackle us, or is that SELF, which reigns / O'er Kings and Beggars, which in all we see / Most strong and sov'reign, only weak in Thee?"

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

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Date: 1763

"Quit then, in prudence quit, that idle train / Of toys, which have so long abus'd thy brain, / And captive led thy pow'rs; with boundless will / Let SELF maintain her state and empire still."

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

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Date: December, 1763; 1774

"'Tis Conscience, a reward alone, / Conscience, who plac'd on Virtue's throne, / Eyes raging men, or raging seas, / Undaunted, firm, with heart at ease."

— Lloyd, Robert (bap. 1733, d. 1764)

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Date: 1763

"The Judge within the Mind, shall ev'ry Cause / Impartial weigh, and cancel useless Laws"

— Hoyland, Francis (1727-1786)

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Date: 1763, 1765; 1766

"Throw Envy, Folly, Prejudice behind! / And yield to Truth the empire of the mind"

— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)

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Date: 1763, 1765; 1766

""Soon will the reign of Hope and Fear be o'er, / And warring passions militate no more."

— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)

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Date: 1763

Reason may rule the breast

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

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Date: 1764

Brave rage, a "grand master passion," may flame out for country

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

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Date: 1764

"Mindful of that high rank in which I stand, / Of millions lord, sole ruler in the land, / Let me, and Reason shall her aid afford, / Rule my own spirit, of myself be lord."

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

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