...alone, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. — Emerson. THE MUSIC OF TILE CHURCH. IT is well known that the Home...

...that Emerson has given us, I know of none more eternally true than these mighty ones : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now, in words hard as cannon-balls; and to-morrow,...

...shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and ffee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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 ; and to-morrow...

...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...little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With cousistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on...

...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...simply 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...

...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...simply 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...

...shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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 speak what to-morrow...

...forget: — " A foolish consistency was the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen, philosophers, and divines. " With consistency a great...simply nothing to do ; he may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. " Speak what you think now, in words hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow...

...occasions those forbidden words are the only good ones." And he added that the famous sentence ("A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines") in his essay on "Self-Reliance" "would be better written thus: Damn consistency!" Only the other day...

...certainly esteem him the more for saying, " A fool- teucy rce•T • • iii IT ,-i .-t ommcnded. ish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." l When Spinoza's landlady came to him, asking him to teach her his doctrine, he advised her to be content...