...consistency is the hobpoblin of little minds, adored by little states nen and philosophers and divines. 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...

...consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to...contradict every thing you said to-day. — ' Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — - Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood,...

...consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to...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...

...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...

...consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen, and philosophers, and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to...contradict every thing you said to-day. Ah! so you shall be sure to be misunderstood. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood,...

...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...well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. To be great is to be misunderstood." This is of course unanswerable. No doctrine can be safer from...

...epochs. Listen to a nineteenth century moralist, who was lauded at one of your meetings — Emerson. 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. What a capital motto for the modern opportunist. The highest ideal then...

...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...

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