A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. Essays - Page 52by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
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...judgments, even if it seems that we contradict ourselves. So what, Emerson seems to say: A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do — Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow speaks what to-morrow thinks in hard words... | |
| Ronda Chervin, Lois August Janis - 2003 - 164 pages
...Here are some lines from those who doubt that logic is the only way to steer toward truth: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. " Emerson (1803-1 882) "No generalization is wholly true, not even this one. Oliver Wendell Holmes,... | |
| John Weeks - 2004 - 184 pages
...behavior will bring operations grinding to a halt, Emerson's words were never more true: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." Ambiguity and inconsistency are the manager's hammer and sickle. There is an important ambiguity inherent... | |
| Laura Dassow Walls - 2003 - 302 pages
..."Whim." Anticipating objections, he deflates them with one of his best-known oneliners: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."40 And yet, how inconsistent is Emerson, really? Perhaps there are no inconsistencies if the... | |
| James P. Pfiffner - 2003 - 230 pages
...US News and World Report, May 10, 1999, p. 10, in the "Washington Whispers" section. 19. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." From Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance and Other Essays (New York: Dover Publications, 1993), p. 24.... | |
| Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell - 2004 - 598 pages
...don't exactly go that far with him, are interesting: 'A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has little or nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you... | |
| Douglas S. Lavine - 2004 - 228 pages
...their own set of rules. As Ralph Waldo Emerson stated in his famous essay, Self-Reliance: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." I hope nobody reading this book will conclude that I believe my suggestions and advice are written... | |
| Jay R. Howard - 1999 - 316 pages
...thinkers like Camp and Styll for their inconsistency — in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines"70 — but rather to point out the problematic nature of determining how in fact the term "ministry"... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 284 pages
...though they should clothe God with 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 litde minds, adored by litde statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 pages
...though they should clothe God with shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph Ms coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his sha low on the wall, Out upon your guarded lips .' Sew them up with packthread, do. Else if you would... | |
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