 | Henry Williamson (of Dundee) - 1872 - 334 pages
...run counter to the creeds of their forefathers. Emerson, in his essay on Self -Reliance, says :—" Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow...to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. " All who make the above their motto will peruse with pleasure this effort... | |
 | Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 420 pages
..." A fool- teucy rce•T • • iii IT ,-i .-t ommcnded. ish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." l When Spinoza's landlady came to him, asking him to teach her his doctrine, he advised her to be content... | |
 | Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 544 pages
..." A fool- tency rec., . . ,.-, 11- . ,• i . ommeuded. ish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." * When Spinoza's landlady came to him, asking him to teach her his doctrine, he advised her to be content... | |
 | Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 420 pages
...saying, " A fool- tcncy rec, . , , . , ,, . , „ , Inconsisish consistency is the hobgoblin oi little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." l When Spinoza's landlady came to him, asking him to teach her his doctrine, he advised her to be content... | |
 | Charles A. Phelps - 1872 - 404 pages
...way to actual facts as they have arisen. u A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." " Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks." On the llth of August, 1867, President Johnson determined to remove Mr. Stanton from the office of... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1873 - 860 pages
...but In spending them off the line of your career. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Tno same correspondence that is between thirst in the stoujacu, and water in the spring, exists between... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — ' Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood 1 ' — Is it so bad,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — " Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood ? " • — Is it so... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — " Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood ? " — Is it so bad,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 504 pages
...Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — " Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood ? " — Is it so bad,... | |
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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. 
