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Date: 1728, 1777

"Steel thy obdurate heart against the sense / Of obligation infinite, and know, / Britain, like Heaven, protects a thankless world / For her own glory, nor expects reward."

— Lyttelton, George, first Baron Lyttelton (1709-1773)

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Date: 1777

"Not all her arts my steady soul shall move, / And she shall find that Reason conquers Love"

— Lyttelton, George, first Baron Lyttelton (1709-1773)

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