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. Speak what you think now... Essays, First Series - Page 52by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1879 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
| Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...little minds, adored by 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 the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what... | |
| Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 520 pages
...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 the last of consistency.... | |
| 1867 - 978 pages
...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 thinks in hard...again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — HW Emerson. SPEINQ-TIMEi What it Suggests to the Heathen and to the Christian. BY BET. TB MATES.... | |
| 1868 - 1078 pages
...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...though it contradict everything you said to-day." In the spirit of this advice, Dr. Davidson has produced the learned volumes before us, and we can congratulate... | |
| Charles A. Phelps - 1868 - 386 pages
...way to actual_ facts as they have arisen. " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." "Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks." On the 11th of August, 1867, President Johnson determined to remove Mr. Stan ton from the office of... | |
| Andrew Jackson Davis - 1869 - 444 pages
...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...his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now, iu hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks, in hard words again, though it contradict... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...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...to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict I everything you said to-day. — ' Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood 1' — Is it so bad,... | |
| Mary T. Tardy - 1870 - 464 pages
...consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak what you think now in hard words ; and to-morrow,...though it contradict everything you said to-day/' This is strong — perhaps too unqualified; but even inconsistency is better than the dull, donkey... | |
| Mary T. Tardy - 1870 - 476 pages
...consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak what you think now in hard words ; and to-morrow,...though it contradict everything you said to-day." This is strong — perhaps too unqualified ; but even inconsistency is better tiian the dull, donkey-like... | |
| New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives - 1870 - 746 pages
...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...shadow on the wall. " Speak what you think now, in words hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks, in hard words again, though... | |
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