...great soul has little or 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 bad,...

...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 suid to-day/ Guard your individuality with jealous care. Reject authority...

...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...

...avows and defends them, by declaring 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. Why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag...

...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...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...

...a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. do Emerson contradict everything you said to-day. — "Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood?" — Is it...

...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...

...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.' — -...

...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...

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