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Date: 1809

"But if a youth is once inspir'd, he'll find / He cannot void the poison from his mind; / No more than could the fish when snared withdraw / The crooked steel from his tormented jaw."

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

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