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Date: 1701

"Conceit, like Wind, has seiz'd the empty Head, and Men convulsively strive to utter what they want a Fund of Brains to yeild."

— Baker, Thomas (b. 1680-1)

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