 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1856 - 330 sivua
...alone, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. . . . With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to...well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Emerson. Fear never but you shall be consistent in whatever variety of actions, so they be each honest... | |
 | Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 388 sivua
...understands himself fully and his views are clear. But Emerson says,—and he appears to act upon it—" 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 you said to-day. With consistency a great soul has... | |
 | 1858 - 424 sivua
...alone, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to...well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. — Emerson. THE MUSIC OF TILE CHURCH. IT is well known that the Home Journal admits no controversy.... | |
 | John Frederick Boyes - 1859 - 302 sivua
...one : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." — " Speak what you think to say in words as hard as cannon-balls, and tomorrow speak what to-morrow thinks, in hard words again ; though it contradict everything you have said to day." (Essay on Self-Reliance.)... | |
 | Thomas Spencer Baynes - 1861 - 534 sivua
...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 about his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 sivua
...hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With cousistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well...Else, 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,... | |
 | Caroline Frances Cornwallis - 1864 - 516 sivua
...his thoughts throw a false light over those that are neither true nor beautiful; as, for instance, " Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and tomorrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today." Though I would not follow consistency... | |
 | Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 520 sivua
...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 contradicts every thing you said to-day. I hope in these days we have heard... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 sivua
...consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to...cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day." — Essays, p. 47. The man must... | |
 | 1868 - 1078 sivua
...says Mr. Emerson, "is the -£^- hobgoblin of 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.... | |
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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. 
