...little statesmen, and philosophers, and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow...tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict even-- thing you said to-day."1 At least this is his teaching as formulated in his writings. And those...

...transmutes it by his skill into a bouquet and decorates himself with it. " With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. To be great is to be misunderstood." This is of course unanswerable. No doctrine can be safer from...

...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...think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to. morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — " Ah, so...

...adored by little 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 the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what...

...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...though it contradict everything you said to-day." On the 1 5th of May, 1833, Emerson dined with Landor, and thus records his experience : "I found him...

...what he asserted yesterday. " With consistency," he says, "a great soul has simply nothing to do." "Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow...ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' Is it BO bad to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and...

...yuursel as weel's ye can More like other-world wisdom are these words from Emerson : *' Speak whaf you think now in hard words and to-morrow speak what...though it contradict everything you said to-day." And these from Bacon : " Simulation and dissimulation commonly carry with them a show of fearfulness,...

...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...again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — Emerson. XXV.—DICTATION. So live that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan...

...packthread; do. 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...though it contradict everything you said to-day. " Ah, then," exclaim the aged ladies, " you shall be sure to be misunderstood." Misunderstood! It is a right...

...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 of what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again,...