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Date: 1776

"The lights of the mind are, if I may so express myself, in an opposite situation to the lights of the body."

— Campbell, George (1719-1796)

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Date: 1776

"By the memory, on the contrary, that great luminary of the mind, things past are exhibited in retrospect; we have no correspondent faculty to irradiate the future: and even in matters which fall not within the reach of our memory, past events are often clearly discoverable by testimony, and by e...

— Campbell, George (1719-1796)

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