...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...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 every...

...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...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 every...

...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,...

...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,...

...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak...though it contradict everything you said to-day. " Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood." Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was...

...statesmen, and philosophers, and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speik out what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls,...to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. Ah ! then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood....

...understands himself fully and his views are clear. But Emerson says,—and he appears to act upon it—" Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls,...again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. With consistency a great soul has nothing to do." Now, what folly and nonsense is this! What right...

...one : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." — " Speak what you think to say in words as hard as cannon-balls, and tomorrow speak...words again ; though it contradict everything you have said to day." (Essay on Self-Reliance.) Observe the " everything." Why, even if a man is obliged...

...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...again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. Why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest...

...self-reproaches. ' 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 words again, though it contradicts everything you said to-day.' His aim and his work were before and not behind him. He saw...