Coleridge vs Martineau

Lyrics

Coleridge once said to Harriet Martineau ‘You seem to regard society As a congeries Of individualities’ To which she replied ‘Of course I do: Happiness equals Freedom equals Personality.’ A non-meeting of minds Is the permanent legacy That finds History In the encounter: Something’s made Coleridge transfer To the biologically impeded But nobody’s superseded Harriet Martineau ‘Happiness equals Freedom equals Personality,’ She has similarly replied To those on the other other side

Chronology

• Corrected Slogans
  • Mayo Thompson - vocals, piano
  • ? (man) - vocals
  • ? (woman) - vocals
  • ? (child) - vocals

Interpretations

• Harriet Martineau
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• "Happiness equals freedom equals personality” is how Iris Murdoch stated John Stuart Mill's equation of exchange from Principles of Political Economy (1848) as in her essay Against Dryness