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Date: Wednesday, June 18, 1712

"All great Genius's have Faults mixed with their Virtues, and resemble the flaming Bush which has Thorns amongst Light."

— Anonymous

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Date: Wednesday, June 18, 1712

"Since, therefore the Passions are the Principles of human Actions, we must endeavour to manage them so as to retain their Vigour, yet keep them under strict Command; we must govern them rather like free Subjects than Slaves, lest while we intend to make them obedient, they become abject, and unf...

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Date: Monday, May 26, 1712

"I faint; I die! my laboring Breast / Is with the mighty Weight of Love opprest: / I feel the Fire possess my Heart, / And pain conveyed to every Part."

— Anonymous

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Date: Monday, May 26, 1712

"My feeble Soul forsakes its Place, / A trembling Faintness seals my Eyes, / And Paleness dwells upon my Face."

— Anonymous

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