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. Essays, Lectures and Orations - Стр. 30авторы: Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - Страниц: 364Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Thomas Spencer Baynes - 1861 - Страниц: 534
...He may as well concern himself about his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in 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 will be sure to be misunderstood." — Is it so bad then... | |
| Caroline Frances Cornwallis - 1864 - Страниц: 516
...his thoughts throw a false light over those that are neither true nor beautiful; as, for instance, " Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls,...again, though it contradict everything you said today." Though I would not follow consistency against conviction, yet I think he would be a disagreeable and... | |
| Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - Страниц: 520
...divines. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. If you would be a man, speak*what you think to-day, in words as hard as cannon-balls...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.... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1864 - Страниц: 626
...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 you think to- day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again,... | |
| 1867 - Страниц: 978
...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...again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — HW Emerson. SPEINQ-TIMEi What it Suggests to the Heathen and to the Christian. BY BET. TB MATES.... | |
| 1868 - Страниц: 1078
...says Mr. Emerson, "is the -£^- hobgoblin of little minds .... If you would be a man, speak what yon think to-day, in words as hard as cannon-balls; and...though it contradict everything you said to-day." In the spirit of this advice, Dr. Davidson has produced the learned volumes before us, and we can congratulate... | |
| Andrew Jackson Davis - 1869 - Страниц: 444
...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, then, to... | |
| Mary T. Tardy - 1870 - Страниц: 476
...minds. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak what you think now in hard words ; and to-morrow, speak what to-morrow thinks in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day." This is strong — perhaps too unqualified ; but even inconsistency is better tiian the dull, donkey-like... | |
| Mary T. Tardy - 1870 - Страниц: 464
...minds. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak what you think now in hard words ; and to-morrow, speak what to-morrow thinks in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day/' This is strong — perhaps too unqualified; but even inconsistency is better than the dull, donkey... | |
| New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives - 1870 - Страниц: 746
...concern himself with his shadow on the wall. " Speak what you think now, in words hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks, in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day." He thought that those words might be written in large letters in that Council and in another place.... | |
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