Cary. (Chaucer,
_Troilus and Creseide_, iii. 1626. Marino, _Adone_, c. xiv., st. 100.
Fortinguerra, _Riciardetto_, c. xi. st. 83.)
In Coleridge's second _Lay Sermon_ (ed. 1839, p. 365.) the passage--
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"What are you," (a philosopher was once asked), "in consequence
of your admiration of these abstruse speculations?" He answered;
"What I am, it does not become me to say; but what thousands
are, who despise them, and even pride themselves on their
ignorance, I see, and tremble."
is a quotation from Schiller (_Werke_, vol. i., p. 414. 1838)
"AN DIE MUSE.
"Was ich ohne dich waere, ich weiss es nicht; aber mir
grauet,
Seh'ich, was ohne dich Hundert und Tausende sind."
In Appendix (B.) to Coleridge's first _Lay Sermon_ (p. 276.), we read,--
"An age or nation may become free from certain prejudices,
beliefs, and superstitious practices, in two ways. It may have
really risen above them; or it may have fallen below them, and
become too bad for their continuance."
Though not given as a quotation, this passage is no doubt borrowed from
Baader, as quoted by Archdeacon Hare in a note to his _Sermons on the
Mission of the Comforter_,--
"Nations, like individuals, may get free and rid of certain
prejudices, beliefs, customs, abuses, &c., in two ways. They may
really have risen above them, or they may have fallen below them
and become too bad for them."
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