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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. "
The Somersetshire Dialect: Its Pronunciation. Two Papers Read Before the ... - Page 31
de Thomas Spencer Baynes - 1861 - 50 pages
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The Present Age and Inner Life: Ancient and Modern ..., Volume 49 ;Volume 435

Andrew Jackson Davis - 1886 - 436 pages
...consistency," can not be doubted. On this point, a free-minded, independent writer once remarked: " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...simply nothing to do. 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...
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The American Catholic Quarterly Review, Volume 11

James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast - 1886 - 806 pages
...if you ask me how I dare say so, I am the most helpless of mortal men." He tells them : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency 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 again,...
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Christian Thought, Volume 1

1886 - 436 pages
...harmlessly in his teeth. He even transmutes it by his skill into a bouquet and decorates himself with it. " With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. To be great is to be misunderstood." This is of course unanswerable. No...
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Select Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...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...simply nothing to do. 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...
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Essays: First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 408 pages
...shape and color. 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...statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a j , __ . lY^^ great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on...
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The Brotherhood of Letters

John Rogers Rees - 1889 - 288 pages
..."Deep-mouthed Beotian Savage Laudor " and the " Gentle Elia " sympathy of a kind existed. Whilst in London, philosophers and divines. With consistency a great...simply nothing to do. 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...
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The Brotherhood of Letters

John Rogers Rees - 1889 - 290 pages
...conduct in this direction was certoinly a brilliant commentary on the words of Emerson : "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and adds : " He was conscious of his own infirmity of temper, and told me he saw few persons, because he...
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The Natural Speller and Word Book

Lillian Kupfer - 1890 - 184 pages
...pre sump'tu ous vi'ti a' tion fra i' tion ri dic' u lous viz' ier (yer) XXIV.—DICTATION. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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...
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Poems and Prose

John Christie - 1892 - 230 pages
...fingers most vigorously. At least we find him saying in his essay on " Self-reliance" that " a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...simply nothing to do. He 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...
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Words of Reconciliation, Volume 8

1892 - 402 pages
...God is Love ; and love is the giving out of good. — Henry Wood, in " God's Image in Man." A FOOLISH consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divinesWith consistency a great soul has nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow...
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