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Date: 1783, 1838

"If Passion rule us, be that passion pride"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1783, 1838

If Reason rule us, it "bids us strive to raise / Our fallen hearts, and be like him we praise"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1783, 1838

"[N]aked vices, rude and unrefined" may "Exert their open empire o'er the mind"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1785, 1838

Love of news may be a master-passion

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1788

"The Mind herself, best judge of her own state, / Is feelingly convinced; nor to be moved / By subtle words, that may perplex the head, / But ne'er persuade the heart."

— Crowe, William (1745-1829)

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