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Davy: Fragmentary Remains
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Davy, Humphry |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | Book Name: Coleridge |
| Abstract | The correspondence between my brother and Coleridge commenced, as already stated, before he left Clifton. It was earned on in the same affectionate and confidential manner afterwards, and was continued with little interruption till the latter quitted 304England for Malta in the early spring of 1804. Most of Coleridge’s letters I shall insert consecutively, these being chiefly of interest psychologically, and independent in a great measure of time and passing events. The particulars in the first of these letters, respecting Blumenbach’s Manual of Natural History, are only note-worthy as showing in their limits and poverty the vast advance of the science during the fifty years which have passed. I may remark that the translation of it was one of the many works which this gifted man thought of, but never executed. And here, may I express the hope, that these letters will help to make him better known in his strength and affections, the latter especially, as well as in his own pathetic sense of a certain weakness of character which alike belonged to him. His high estimation of my brother this correspondence displays throughout, as well as my brother’s exalted opinion of his powers of mind, enhancing regret for his infirmity of purpose. The following extract from Cottle’s Reminiscences, confirmatory of this estimation, may deserve a place here:— “Having,” says Mr. Cottle, “introduced Mr. Davy to Mr. C. some years before, I inquired for him with some anxiety, and expressed a hope that he was not tinctured with the prevailing scepticism since his removal from Bristol to London. Mr. C. assured me that he was not; that his heart and understanding were not the soil for infidelity. I then remarked: ‘During your stay in London you doubtless saw a great many of what are called the cleverest men—how do you estimate Davy, in comparison with these?’ Mr. Coleridge’s reply was strong, but expressive: ‘Why, Davy can eat them all! There 305is an energy, an elasticity in his mind, which enables him to seize on and analyze all questions, pushing them to their legitimate consequences. Every subject in Davy’s mind has the principle of vitality. Living thoughts spring up like turf under his feet.” |
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| Ending Page | 311 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| Starting Page | 303 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780429348235-51 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2020-04-27 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Coleridge Literary Reviews Passing London Cottle Coleridge Spring |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
