 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...  The Harvard Classics - Page 701909Full view - About this book
 | 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
...through eternity. igg31 With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak out what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and...to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — HW Emerson. SPEINQ-TIMEi What it Suggests to the Heathen and to the... | |
 | 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 words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day." In the spirit of this advice, Dr. Davidson has produced the learned volumes... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1869 - 444 pages
...He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now, iu hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks, in hard...though it contradict every thing you said to-day. Ah ! so you shall be sure to be misunderstood. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was... | |
 | New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives - 1870 - 746 pages
...; he may as well concern himself with his 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 it contradict everything you said to-day." He thought that those words might be written in large letters in that... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow speak what 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
...minds. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak what you 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/' This is strong — perhaps too unqualified; but even inconsistency is... | |
 | Mary T. Tardy - 1870 - 476 pages
...minds. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak what you 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." This is strong — perhaps too unqualified ; but even inconsistency is... | |
 | Mary T. Tardy - 1872 - 616 pages
...minds. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak what you 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." This is strong — perhaps too unqualified ; but even inconsistency is... | |
 | Henry Williamson (of Dundee) - 1872 - 334 pages
...forefathers. Emerson, in his essay on Self -Reliance, says :—" Speak what you 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. " All who make the above their motto will peruse with pleasure this effort... | |
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