 them heart and 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 is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers 'and...  Essays - Page 47by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 538 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 66 pages
...metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity: yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, 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... | |
 | Ludwig Geiger - 1903 - 468 pages
...sein Verhältniß zu Goethe bedingt oder erklärt. 1 Im Essai »Self-Reliance« sagt er: »A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may äs well concern himself with bis shadow on the wall. Speak what you think... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1903 - 506 pages
...regarding that opinion or belief can be nothing short of insanity. Emerson also says that "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with the shadow on the wall." There is one sublime... | |
 | S. E. H. Lockwood - 1903 - 488 pages
...upon him, — for his name is Francis Ex. 2. [Central idea.] Danger of false consistency. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. _ He may as well concern himself with the shadow on the wall. Speak what you... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 532 pages
...happy, yet did not regret his dissuasion from the battle.—Essay on Heroism. CONSISTENCY. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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 upon his guarded... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1252 pages
...its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. Self.Reliance. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. Ibul To be great is to be misunderstood. ibid. Discontent is the want of self-reliance : it is infirmity... | |
 | 1903 - 668 pages
...ones. The illustration discovers the principle laid down by Lowell: declaration that ' ' a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." ( Those love truth best who to themselves are true, And what they dare to dream of dare to do. A man... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 478 pages
...metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity, yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, 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... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 508 pages
...metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity: yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, 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... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1904 - 506 pages
...regarding that opinion or belief can be nothing short of insanity. Emerson also says that "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with the shadow on the wall." There is one sublime... | |
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