 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. Speak what you think now...  The Cornhill Magazine - Page 318edited by - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Social Circle in Concord - 1903 - 170 pages
...a great soul has 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...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 466 pages
...a great soul has 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...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — ' Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1903 - 570 pages
...string." Impatient of a " foolish consistency," the "hobgoblin of little minds," he adjures us to " speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day." And again: "Nothing at last is sacred but the integrity of... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 pages
...a great soul has 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...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... | |
 | S. E. H. Lockwood - 1903 - 488 pages
...great soul has simply 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 thinks iu hard words again, though it contradicts everything you said to-day. — " Ah, so you shall be sure... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 460 pages
...pack-thread, do ! 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, though it contradict r everything you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 532 pages
...pack-thread. 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, though it contradict everything you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you will be sure to be misunderstood... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 842 pages
...pack-thread, do ! 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, though it contradict everything you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood... | |
 | Donald Capps - 1993 - 198 pages
...a great soul has 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...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today." If you trust yourself, you need not worry that your words and... | |
 | Doris Grumbach - 1993 - 306 pages
...woman, is it not proper now to add?] speak today what you think today in words as hard as cannonballs, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today.' Today, Sunday, I went back to St. James, the Anglo-Catholic... | |
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