 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 - 1888 - 402 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...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,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 408 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...statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a j , __ . lY^^ great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on... | |
 | John Rogers Rees - 1889 - 288 pages
..."Deep-mouthed Beotian Savage Laudor " and the " Gentle Elia " sympathy of a kind existed. Whilst in London, 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 hard words,... | |
 | John Rogers Rees - 1889 - 290 pages
...conduct in this direction was certoinly a brilliant commentary on the words of Emerson : "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and adds : " He was conscious of his own infirmity of temper, and told me he saw few persons, because he... | |
 | Lillian Kupfer - 1890 - 184 pages
...pre sump'tu ous vi'ti a' tion fra i' tion ri dic' u lous viz' ier (yer) XXIV.—DICTATION. 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... | |
 | John Christie - 1892 - 230 pages
...fingers most vigorously. At least we find him saying in his essay on " Self-reliance" that " 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 of what you think now in hard words,... | |
 | 1892 - 402 pages
...God is Love ; and love is the giving out of good. — Henry Wood, in " God's Image in Man." A FOOLISH consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divinesWith consistency a great soul has nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 pages
...shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph6 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 soul has sirmply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 168 pages
...Twenty-fifth. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. August Twenty-sixth. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. August Twenty-eighth. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern... | |
 | 1894 - 596 pages
...accused of inconsistency, or some of those who have many enemies, may read the following: "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... | |
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