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We do not enough consider our physical state as the cause of much of our moral - we do not reflect enough upon our outward selves : -What changes have been produced in our minds by some external cause - an accident an illness !
We do not enough consider our physical state as the cause of much of our moral - we do not reflect enough upon our outward selves : -What changes have been produced in our minds by some external cause - an accident an illness !
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I remember Sir Walter Scott's observing that Mathews ' imitations were of the mind , to those who had the key ; but as the majority had it ... blessed with the rare talent of intuitively identifying himself with the minds of others .
I remember Sir Walter Scott's observing that Mathews ' imitations were of the mind , to those who had the key ; but as the majority had it ... blessed with the rare talent of intuitively identifying himself with the minds of others .
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But mind ( said Byron ) when I object to delicate women , that is to say , to women of delicate health , alias sickly ... fat ladies , à la Rubens , whose minds must be impenetrable , from the mass of matter in which they are incased .
But mind ( said Byron ) when I object to delicate women , that is to say , to women of delicate health , alias sickly ... fat ladies , à la Rubens , whose minds must be impenetrable , from the mass of matter in which they are incased .
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