 A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.  Essays - 第 52 頁Ralph Waldo Emerson 著 - 1848 - 333 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 頁
...though they should clothe God with shape and colour. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. "A foolish consistency is...philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has (imply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 488 頁
...Public Meeting of the Elocution Class. THINKINGS, FROM RALPITWALDO EMERSON. CONSISTENCY. — A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...philosophers, and divines. With consistency a great soul has »imply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 頁
...though they should clothe God with shape and colour. Leave your theory as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A. foolish consistency is...philosophers and divines. With consistency a great sold has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1854 - 676 頁
...the suffrage of the world. * * * * " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, ado: ed by little statesmen, and philosophers, and divines....consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speik out what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1858 - 702 頁
...your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. '' A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a 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... | |
 | Thomas Spencer Baynes - 1861 - 534 頁
...in the scriptures symbolized as a new birth, or as being born from above. Abel C. Thomas. A FOOLISH consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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 speak what to-morrow... | |
 | Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 520 頁
...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... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 頁
...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... | |
 | 1927 - 594 頁
...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... | |
| |
