“In its dream of the triumph of reason and science, the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century failed in its hope of sweeping away old legends and superstitions like these—partly because the next generation, the Romantics, would condemn the reign of… — Jan Swafford Copy Share Image
[Coleridge] selected an instance of what was called the sublime, in DARWIN, who imagined the creation of the universe to have taken place in a moment, by the explosion of a mass of matter in the womb, or centre of… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
![“[Coleridge] selected an instance of what was called the sublime, in DARWIN, who imagined the creation of the universe to have taken place in a moment, by the explosion of a mass of matter in the womb, or centre of space. In one and the same instant of time, suns and planets shot into systems in…” quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/42c/samuel-taylor-coleridge-425_barrels_coleridge-selected-an-instance-of-what-w_2556008.jpg)