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Date: 1717

"To lead us safe thro' Error's thorny Maze, / Reason exerts her pure Etherial Rays"

— Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)

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Date: February 22, 1723

"If my Flaminius ever wou'd reward / My constant ardor, with an equal flame; / Engag'd by such endearing decencies, / As make the lamp of love in Herod's breast / To burn so bright, and never to consume."

— Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)

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