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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. "
Emerson's Essays and Poems: Selected and Edited with an Introd - Page 83
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 376 pages
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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...live ever in a new day. Trust your emotion. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when the devout motions of the soul come,...life, though they should clothe God with shape and colour. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. "A foolish consistency...
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Select Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...live ever in a new day. Trust your emotion. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when the devout motions of the soul come,...Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. 12. Why are people afraid of seeming inconsistent ? 13. How does E. picture the man who fears to be...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...live ever in a new day. Trust your emotion. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when the devout motions of the soul come,...has simply ^nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do....
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The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register

1841 - 640 pages
...live ever in a new day. Trust your emotion. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when the devout motions of the soul come,...life, though they should clothe God with shape and colour. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. " A foolish consistency...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...live ever in a new da}r. Trust your emotion. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when the devout motions of the soul come,...life, though they should clothe God with shape and colour. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when the devout motions of the soul come,...and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the.hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...live ever in a new day. Trust your emotion. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity: yet when the devout motions of the soul come,...life, though they should clothe God with shape and colour. Leave your theory as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...live ever in a new day. Trust your emotion. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity; yet when the devout motions of the soul come,...life, though they should clothe God with shape and colour. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency...
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Twelve Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...live ever in a new day. Trust your emotion. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when the devout motions of the soul come,...life, though they should clothe God with shape and colour. Leave youi theory as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency...
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Twelve essays [comprising Essays, 1st ser.].

Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...live ever in a new day. Trust your emotion. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity ; yet when the devout motions of the soul come,...and life, though they should clothe God with shape tnd colour. Leave your theory as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency...
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