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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. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. "
Essays, Lectures and Orations - Page 30
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 364 pages
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Essays: First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 408 pages
...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would...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 contradict every...
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Select Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...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 everything you said to-day. — " Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood." — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras...
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The Brotherhood of Letters

John Rogers Rees - 1889 - 314 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...though it contradict everything you said to-day." On the I5th of May, 1833, Emerson dined with Landor, and thus records his experience: "I found him...
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The Reformed Quarterly Review, Volume 37

1890 - 596 pages
...consistency," he says, "a great soul has simply nothing to do." "Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words...it contradict everything you said to-day — ' ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' Is it BO bad to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood,...
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The Ohio Educational Monthly and the National Teacher: A Journal ..., Volume 39

1890 - 770 pages
...More like other-world wisdom are these words from Emerson : *' Speak whaf you think now in hard words and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day." And these from Bacon : " Simulation and dissimulation commonly carry with them a show of fearfulness,...
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The Natural Speller and Word Book

Lillian Kupfer - 1890 - 184 pages
...little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply 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 contradict everything...
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Words of Reconciliation, Volume 8

1892 - 402 pages
...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips. Sew them up with packthread, do. Else if you would...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 contradict everything...
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Poems, Essays and Fragments

James Thomson - 1892 - 300 pages
...is but the lengthened shadow of one man." " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls,...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradicts every word you said to-day." After this, it is scarcely worth while to remark his thorough...
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Poems and Prose

John Christie - 1892 - 230 pages
...may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak of what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day. ' Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' Js it so bad, then, to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was...
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The Medical Fortnightly, Volumes 9-10

1896 - 762 pages
...self-reliant, and tell his own thoughts. As Emerson says, " Else if you would be a man speak what you think in words as hard as cannon-balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in words again, though it contradict everything you said today." Above all, speak and claim your own position...
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