...however startles us with his own consistency, in openly rejecting all consistency. He exclaims — "With consistency a great soul has simply nothing...well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. * * * To be great is to be misunderstood." If the converse of this last proposition — to be misunderstood...

...over his shoulder, but bravely, and at the risk of being misunderstood, followed Emerson's precept : " 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." Being convinced in his inmost soul that God wanted just such a man as...

...or nonsensiralities flat enough to have raised contempt in Jerry Sneak ! — Whipple. CONSISTENCY. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himwlf with his shadow on the wall. — Emerson. CONSOLATION. One should never be very forward in offering...

...consisten.cy. 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 you said to-day." The cannon balls, however, might be reserved for the day after to-morrow....

...putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour : for we are members one of another. 13. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow...to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everyTO HONESTY THOUOHT -j^ Moral force is lost by every form of untruthfulness, even the least ; but...

...Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then? A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." Remember that the inconsistency Emerson speaks of is that which is the outcome of development. Of this...

...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 you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood....

...Joseph6 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...his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard7 words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow 1 Feminine, because decorous and timid. - To make grimaces....

...soul has simply nothing to do. • • * Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, w r r wym"n p7wWt p p v wsw 0Fr everything you said to-day. j. EMERSON' — Essays. Self-Reliance. Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man...

..."Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then ? " "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. "3 Such imperatives as these, therefore, are merely hypothetical.'* They apply only to those who adopt...