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
| Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 520 pages
...shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and ffee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 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...little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With cousistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 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... | |
| Andrew Jackson Davis - 1869 - 444 pages
...consistency," can not be doubted. On this point, a free-minded, independent writer once remarked : " 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, iu hard words,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 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... | |
| 1927 - 594 pages
...occasions those forbidden words are the only good ones." And he added that the famous sentence ("A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines") in his essay on "Self-Reliance" "would be better written thus: Damn consistency!" Only the other day... | |
| New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives - 1870 - 746 pages
...forget: — " A foolish consistency was the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen, 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. " Speak what you think now, in words... | |
| Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 420 pages
...certainly esteem him the more for saying, " A fool- teucy rce•T • • iii IT ,-i .-t ommcnded. ish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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 - 418 pages
...we certainly esteem him the more for saying, " A fool- tcncy rec• i " . ,1111- • ommeuded. ish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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
...certainly esteem him the more for saying, " A fool- tency rec., . . ,.-, 11- . ,• i . ommeuded. ish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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... | |
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