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" A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. "
The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and ... - Page 190
by John Clark Ridpath - 1903
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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard iĀ» cannon-balls, and to morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict...
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Select Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think...to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood....
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The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register

1841 - 640 pages
...himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every...
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The Methodist new connexion magazine and evangelical repository, Volume 54

1851 - 650 pages
...himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do ! Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think...though it contradict everything you said to-day." He cares not for being " misunderstood ;" his consolation is, that to be "misunderstood" is a mark...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. ā€”'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' ā€” Is it so bad, then,...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lipsl Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think...said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood. Misunderstood ! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 13

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pages
...hampered by their own utterances more than by other men's ā€” " If you would be man'' says Emerson, " speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls,...though it contradict everything you said to-day." These headstrong sages, full of noble caprice, of lofty humors, often pour forth in their wild profusion...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything...
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