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...little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soiil has simply 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 be a man, speak what...

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...little states nen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. L everything you said to-day. — "Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood?" — Is it so bad, then,...

...consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak what you think now in hard words ; and to-morrow...to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. Why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this...

...selfreliance, and the moral duty of man to " 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." He realized that it was not possible for him adequately to deliver his...

...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. Out upon your guarded lips. Sew them up with pack-thread — do. Else, if you would be a man, speak...

...little statesmen, and philosophers, and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow...tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict even-- thing you said to-day."1 At least this is his teaching as formulated in his writings. And those...