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Date: 1763

"Nor hope the Conquest of that stubborn Heart"

— 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

"Powers that should spread in Reason's orient ray, / How are they darken'd, and debarr'd the day!"

— 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: 1763

"Unwilling to condemn, thy soul disdains / To wear vile faction's arbitrary chains."

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

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Date: 1764

'In spring eternal, lay a plain / Where our brave fathers used to train / Their sons to arms, to teach the art / Of war, and steel the infant heart."

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

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Date: 1764

"Beyond this to awake our zeal, / To quicken our resolves, and steel / Our steady souls to bloody bent,"

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

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Date: 1764

Reason may be clouded

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