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" A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. "
The Essay on Self-reliance - Page 15
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 51 pages
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The Valley of the Second Sons: Letters of Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, a ...

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...
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Questions from the Bench

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...
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Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music

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"...
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Compensation and Self-Reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 pages
...heart and life, 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...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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A River Worth Riding

Lynn Marie Sager - 2005 - 266 pages
...consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen, philosophers and diviners. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to...may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall...Ah, so (without consistency) you shall be misunderstood? Is it so bad then to be misunderstood?...
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Everyone's Choices: Wisdom, Respect, Success and Happiness

Ralph Edwin Robinson - 2005 - 189 pages
...That quitting was possible at any time. Ralph Waldo Emerson (Self Reliance, essay) stated: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." Dr. Robert Caldini (Arizona State University) calls [the phenomenon of consistency] "mindless consistency,"...
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Growing Up Red: Outing Red America from the Inside

Tim Schilke - 2005 - 294 pages
...try to appeal to the critical thinking and language skills of the lowest common listener. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines," wrote Emerson in 1841. "With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern...
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T. S. Eliot: The Making of an American Poet, 1888Ð1922

2005 - 494 pages
..."Self-Reliance" that Emerson also wrote: "Who so would be a man must be a nonconformist." And: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." And: "Insist on yourself; never imitate" (Emerson, SR, 265, 263, 260). We must conclude that had Emerson...
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New "dual Missions" of the Immigration Enforcement Agencies: Hearing Before ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims - 2005 - 88 pages
...Customs way. This is not sound public policy. As Ralph Waldo Emerson sagely noted in 1841, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." In essence, what they are trying to do is make everything the same when, in fact, there are major differences...
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Führung, Interaktion und Identität: Die neuere Identitätstheorie als Beitrag ...

Thomas Lührmann - 2006 - 398 pages
...wünschenswerte Zumutung444 - oder, noch extremer, als ein spießiges und kleinbürgerliches Ideal: „A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do (...)."445 Die Folge ist aus postmoderner Perspektive ein „protean seif"446, das verschiedene Meinungen,...
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