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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 Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series - Page 389
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903
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Seed-grain for Thought and Discussion, Volume 2

Anna Cabot Lowell - 1856 - 330 pages
...alone, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. . . . With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to...well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Emerson. Fear never but you shall be consistent in whatever variety of actions, so they be each honest...
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English and Scottish Sketches

Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 388 pages
...understands himself fully and his views are clear. But Emerson says,—and he appears to act upon it—" 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. With consistency a great soul has...
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The Lutheran Home Journal, Volume 3

1858 - 424 pages
...alone, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to...well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. — Emerson. THE MUSIC OF TILE CHURCH. IT is well known that the Home Journal admits no controversy....
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Life and Books: Or, Records of Thought and Reading

John Frederick Boyes - 1859 - 302 pages
...one : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." — " Speak what you think to say in words as hard as cannon-balls, and tomorrow speak what to-morrow thinks, in hard words again ; though it contradict everything you have said to day." (Essay on Self-Reliance.)...
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The Somersetshire Dialect: Its Pronunciation. Two Papers Read Before the ...

Thomas Spencer Baynes - 1861 - 534 pages
...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 about his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow...
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The Collected Works of ... P. ...

Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With cousistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well...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,...
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Selections from the Letters of Caroline Frances Cornwallis ...

Caroline Frances Cornwallis - 1864 - 516 pages
...his thoughts throw a false light over those that are neither true nor beautiful; as, for instance, " Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and tomorrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today." Though I would not follow consistency...
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Philosophy as absolute science, founded in the universal laws of being, by E ...

Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 520 pages
...divines. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. 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 contradicts every thing you said to-day. I hope in these days we have heard...
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The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Critical writings

Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to...cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day." — Essays, p. 47. The man must...
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The Free Churchman and Christian Spectator, Volume 1

1868 - 1078 pages
...says Mr. Emerson, "is the -£^- hobgoblin of little minds .... If you would be a man, speak what yon 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." In the spirit of this advice, Dr....
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