 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...  Essays [1st ser., ed.] with preface by T. Carlyle - Página 27por Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 páginas
...the soul come, yield to them with heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flea^, JjtA. foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 páginas
...memory scare you from the pursuit of truth, which is many-sided ? Dwell ever in a new day: 'A foolish consistency Is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 páginas
...51 — 52. Hence a man must be true to his present conviction, careless of consistency : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 556 páginas
...memory, but to bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 páginas
...memory, but to bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to...the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobpoblin of little minds, adored by little states nen and philosophers and divines. With consistency... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900 - 356 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 352 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 356 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 368 páginas
...enjoys the lively vigor of his mind and the felicity of his incomparable temper. — GKbbon. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1886 - 436 páginas
...consistency," can not be doubted. On this point, a free-minded, independent writer once remarked: " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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... | |
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