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Date: 1797

"I would neither corrupt my imagination with impurity, nor steel my heart by barbarous narratives and sanguinary persecutions."

— Disraeli, Isaac (1766-1848)

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Date: 1797

"Remember that the Divine Agency is promised, 'to take away the heart of stone, and give a heart of flesh,' of which it is the natural property to be tender and susceptible."

— Wilberforce, William (1759-1833)

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