How slender is the accommodation which nature has provided for man.
Charles Brockden BrownAll men are, at times, influenced by inexplicable sentiments. Ideas haunt them in spite of all their efforts to discard them. Prepossessions are entertained, for which their reason is unable to discover any adequate cause. The strength of a belief, when it is destitute of any rational foundation, seems, of itself, to furnish a new ground for credulity. We first admit a powerful persuasion, and then, from reflecting on the insufficiency of the ground on which it is built, instead of being prompted to dismiss it, we become more forcibly attached to it.
Charles Brockden BrownTags: obsession irrationality perversity
No one knows the powers that are latent in his constitution. Called forth by imminent dangers, our efforts frequently exceed our most sanguine belief.
Charles Brockden BrownThere is no standard by which time can be measured, but the succession of our thoughts, and the changes that take place in the external world.
Charles Brockden Brown"The incapacity of sound sleep denotes a mind sorely wounded.
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