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" 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. "
Essays: First Series - Page 64
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 396 pages
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Johnson. Select works, ed. with intr. and notes by A. Milnes. Lives of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pages
...perfect consistency is possible only to the narrowest mind and the feeblest understanding. ' A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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. Out...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Philosopher and Poet

Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...denied personality to the Deity ; and yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them with heart and life, though they should clothe God with...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....
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: His Life, Writings, and Philosophy

George Willis Cooke - 1881 - 416 pages
...own words, and that they permit the soul to speak out its own deep sentiments of affection and trust. "In your metaphysics you have denied personality to...though they should clothe God with shape and color." 3 The theory is nothing, but it is every thing to yield the soul supremely to the love of God. We are...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Philosopher and Poet

Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...present, and live ever in a new day. In your metaphysics you have denied personality tp the Deity ; and yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them with heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph...
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Development of English Literature and Language

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pages
...memory scare you from the pursuit of truth, which is many-sided ? Dwell ever in a new day: 'A foolish consistency Is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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...
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The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Critical writings

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...statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soiil has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out...
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Emerson's Complete Works: Essays. 1st series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 350 pages
...memory, but to bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to...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...
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Complete Works

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900 - 356 pages
...memory, but to bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to...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...
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The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 556 pages
...memory, but to bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to...life, though they should clothe God with shape and colour. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency...
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Works

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...memory, but to bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. colour. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency...
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