Note 404 — Chapter I · WORDSWORTH AND COLERIDGE: THEIR COMPANIONS AND ADVERSARIES.
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It is odd, but useful, to remember Coleridge’s fancy for stating propositions algebraically. If his definition were true, a = b or even (a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2 would be style at its very acme (cf. Addison in Spec. 62 on Euclid and Wit).