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Date: 1782

All "ideas follow each other in our minds in a regular and uniform succession, not unlike the tickings of a clock; and by that means all objects are presented to our imaginations in the same progressive manner: and if any vary much from that destined pace, by too rapid, or too slow a motion, they...

— Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787)

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