Coleridge said, I attend Davy’s lectures to increase my stock of metaphors, and there were many others who went to hear the young chemist for other reasons than a liking for science. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Coleridge, when asked how Davy compared with the clev erest men he had met on a visit to London, replied expressively: Why, Davy can eat them all! 李贝.西洋科学史.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge said of him, Had not Davy been the first chemist, he probably would have been the first poet of his age. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Coleridge, Southey, and other congenial friends, whom the chemist met under Dr. Beddoes' oof, shared in the general admiration of his mental and social qualities. 李贝.西洋科学史.