 | Mabel Sarah Barnes Grundy - 1906 - 408 sider
...and you say you are consistent." " A lot has happened in a month, Aunt Menelophe," I said. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." "Oh!" said Aunt Menelophe. "Yes," I said, "that is from Emerson. Eustace read it to me last night."... | |
 | Hugo Münsterberg, Herbert Sidney Langfeld - 1906 - 978 sider
...this group of admirers and says, "To be great is to be misunderstood." Yes, he did say, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines;" but he soon adds, "Of one will the actions will be harmonious however unlike they seem." Emerson despises... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 sider
...motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and colour. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the...the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin2 of little minds, 20 adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 sider
...and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat0 in the hand of the harlot, and flee. 14. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. 10 With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 614 sider
...his back on them and follow the great light of truth to which these were only porches ? Yet must you leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. I have no less disgust than any other at the cant ~\ ' of spiritualism. I had rather hear a round volley... | |
 | Hester Eloise Hosford - 1912 - 312 sider
...prove successful operation. Wise men still change their minds. And we should remember that " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." Not only have the gentlemen determined on Governor Wilson's political destruction, made it a crime... | |
 | John Albert Macy - 1913 - 368 sider
...completeness, must explain inconsistencies away, whereas Emerson blandly accepts inconsistencies. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen, and philosophers and divines." The greater inconsistencies, too terrible to be foolish, Emerson ignores. "Omit the negative propositions,"... | |
 | Joseph Smith Auerbach - 1914 - 344 sider
...not all of it can fairly be so characterized. Emerson said in his essay on Self -Reliance: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines"; and no one can read that noble essay into which he has put the enthusiasm of a great soul, without... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun - 1915 - 670 sider
...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...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with the shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow... | |
 | 1915 - 636 sider
...consistency that is worth while is the consistency of endeavor in seeking the truth. Emerson: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. If you would be a man, speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak... | |
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. 
