 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 - Página 318editado por - 1906Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Thomas Spencer Baynes - 1861 - 534 páginas
...a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself about 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 will be sure to be misunderstood." — Is... | |
 | Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 520 páginas
...nothing to do. 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 contradicts every thing you said to-day. I hope in these days we have heard the last of consistency. Let the word... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 páginas
...packthread, 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." — Essays, p. 47. The man must not be a slave to a single... | |
 | Caroline Frances Cornwallis - 1864 - 516 páginas
...true nor beautiful; as, for instance, " Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and tomorrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today." Though I would not follow consistency against conviction, yet... | |
 | 1867 - 978 páginas
...great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak out 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. — HW Emerson. SPEINQ-TIMEi What it Suggests to the Heathen... | |
 | Charles A. Phelps - 1868 - 386 páginas
...way to actual_ facts as they have arisen. " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." "Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks." On the 11th of August, 1867, President Johnson determined to remove Mr. Stan ton from the office of... | |
 | 1868 - 1078 páginas
...little minds .... If you would be a man, speak what yon 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." In the spirit of this advice, Dr. Davidson has produced the... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1869 - 444 páginas
...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now, iu hard words, and to-morrow speak 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 it so bad,... | |
 | Mary T. Tardy - 1870 - 476 páginas
...heights are won. Emerson, indeed, tells us that " a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day." This is strong — perhaps too unqualified ; but even inconsistency... | |
 | Mary T. Tardy - 1870 - 464 páginas
...heights are won. Emerson, indeed, tells us that " a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day/' This is strong — perhaps too unqualified; but even inconsistency... | |
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