His fame has suffered eclipse owing in great measure to his chivalrous if unsuccessful attempt to do honour to Coleridge. But he deserves to stand alone. Members of his own profession not versed in polar logic looked up to his "great and noble intellect" with pride and delight, and by those who were honoured by his intimacy he was held in love and reverence. To Coleridge he was a friend indeed, bringing with him balms more soothing than "poppy or mandragora," the healing waters of Faith and Hope. _Spiritual Philosophy_, by J. H. Green; Memoir of the author's life, i.-lix.
[154] This must have been the impromptu lecture "On the Growth of the Individual Mind," delivered at the rooms of the London Philosophical Society. According to Gillman, who details the circumstances under which the address was given, but does not supply the date, the lecturer began with an "apologetic preface": "The lecture I am about to give this evening is purely extempore. Should you find a nominative case looking out for a verb--or a fatherless verb for a nominative case, you must excuse it. It is purely extempore, though I have thought and read much on this subject." _Life of Coleridge_, pp. 354-357.
[155] The "Essay on the Science of Method" was finished in December, 1817, and printed in the following January. _Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a Narrative_, by J. Dykes Campbell, 1894, p. 232.
[156] The Hebrew text and Coleridge's translation were published in the form of a pamphlet, and sold by "T. Boosey, 4 Old Broad Street, 1817." The full title was "ISRAEL'S LAMENT. Translation of a Hebrew dirge, chaunted in the Great Synagogue, St. James' Place, Aldgate, on the day of the Funeral of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte. By Hyman Hurwitz, Master of the Hebrew Academy, Highgate, 1817."
The translation is below Coleridge at his worst. The "Harp of Quantock" must, indeed, have required stringing before such a line as "For England's Lady is laid low" could have escaped the file, or "worn her" be permitted to rhyme with "mourner"! _Poetical Works_, p. 187; Editor's Note, p. 638.
[157] The _Kritik der praktischen Vernunft_ was published in 1797.
[158] This statement requires explanation. Franz Xavier von Baader, 1765-1841, was a mystic of the school of Jacob Böhme, and wrote in opposition to Schelling.