...should contradict yourselves— what then ? . . . A feolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has little or nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you...

...was the day before. With Emerson, I will "speak what I 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 I said to-day." I cannot afford to be consistent with my former self, nor with the ideals...

...from the battle. — Essay on Heroism. CONSISTENCY. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon his guarded lips ! Sew them up with pack-thread. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you...

...the hobgoblin of little minds. . . . With consistency a great soul has nothing whatever to do. . . . 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.' The peculiarity seems to have annoyed his friends with a turn for logic...

...it may be, it shall lie with thee to use it nobly; this no man can prevent. Selections from Emerson With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with hig shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and1 to-morrow speak what to-morrow...

...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."...

...yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.... A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...well 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...

...Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then? . . . A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...well 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...

...have applauded Ralph Waldo Emerson's defiant creed: 'A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.' It is no surprise, then, that a man who was perpetually skint throughout his working career should...

...once wrote in his classic essay "Self-Reliance," "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." Emerson lived that credo, too. Once in the middle of delivering a sermon he had given before, he suddenly...