...concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon his guarded lips ! Sew them up with pack-thread. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day, in words as hard as cannon-bails, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks, in hard words again, though it contradict...

...may as well concern himself with hig shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and1 to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words...again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. Insist upon yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative...

...first cost of vine and postage. Mention date yoa wish Tine delivered. AMERICAN GARDENING,^?." New York. "If you would be a man speak what you think to-day In words as hard ав cannon balls, and to-morrow what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though It contradicts everything...

...Whitman. Certainly no man ever feared inconsistency less. He follows to the letter his own advice : " Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls,...though it contradict everything you said to-day." At one time he tells us that the poet can articulate the world, that he is in possession of all the...

...subject; but I refrain from going further. "Speak what you think now in hard woids," says Emerson, " and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day." I have no apology to make for my choice of subject. I do not expect all to agree with me. Discussion...

...He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and tomorrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words...again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through...

...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." . . . " I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be...

...was the day before. With Emerson, I will "speak what I 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 I said to-day." I cannot afford to be consistent with my former self, nor with the ideals of a lesser...

...He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what tomorrow 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...

...statements that express strong feeling and are made more emphatic by being expressed in short sentences : 1. 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...