 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.  The Monist - Page 355edited by - 1895Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...shape 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...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words,... | |
 | 1849 - 448 pages
...51 — 52. Hence a man must be true to his present conviction, careless of consistency : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul 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... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 504 pages
...Pobli« Meeting of the Elocution Class. THINKINGS, FROM RALPH 'WALDO EMERSON. CONSISTENCY. — A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the •wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 488 pages
...Public Meeting of the Elocution Class. THINKINGS, FROM RALPITWALDO EMERSON. CONSISTENCY. — A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...philosophers, and divines. With consistency a great soul has »imply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 492 pages
...Wheeler. THINKINGS, FROM RALPH ~,WALDO EMEBSON. CONSISTENCY. — A foolish consistency is the hohgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen, and philosophers,...consistency a great soul 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...shape and colour. 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...philosophers and divines. With consistency a great sold has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1854 - 676 pages
...the suffrage of the world. * * * * " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, ado: ed by little statesmen, and philosophers, and divines....consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speik out what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1858 - 702 pages
...your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. '' A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak out what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow... | |
 | Thomas Spencer Baynes - 1861 - 534 pages
...in the scriptures symbolized as a new birth, or as being born from above. Abel C. Thomas. A FOOLISH consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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,... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - 1862 - 524 pages
...that Emerson has given us, I know of none more eternally true than these mighty ones : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now, in words hard... | |
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