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New "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. 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 shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.”
--Emerson.

Edit: Decided to add the full quote.
bcnu,
Mikem

It's mourning in America again.
Expand Edited by mmoffitt June 12, 2020, 11:38:32 AM EDT
New Never saw the full thing. That's really good.
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Drew
New Indeed! (Emerson was ~my first incentive to memorize Pure-gold), when found glittering.
That "shadow on the wall" is--I have always supposed--a ref. to the Allegory of the Caves, wherein..
'We' sit staring at a wall with ... sometimes moving- pictures displayed. At our backs (all unseen by 'us') is the sunlight(?) streaming through the descending ramp of the long cave-entrance.

Metaphor is Al! ! (~sayeth also Joseph Campbell in that way-back PBS series with Bill Moyers re. "The Power of Myth". Dig it; if you missed it (which I doubt).
Each time I've had the chance to re-view that colloquy, I get more edjumacated--aka: h.t.F. did I miss that little gem?

;^>
Expand Edited by Ashton June 12, 2020, 01:24:55 PM EDT
New Tempted to repeat the... Oh well, I'll borrow the Skype shorthand: (y)
New Winner! [one character) ..from one ..Character.
New oTpy--character
Expand Edited by Ashton June 17, 2020, 03:34:47 PM EDT
     worth a try - (lincoln) - (13)
         👍🏻 -NT - (CRConrad) - (12)
             Cut that out - (crazy) - (9)
                 Thumbs up? Weird. - (CRConrad) - (8)
                     I thank you - (crazy) - (7)
                         Consistency. "An exaggerated consistency is the last refuge of a scoundrel." - (CRConrad) - (6)
                             "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by ... - (mmoffitt) - (5)
                                 Never saw the full thing. That's really good. -NT - (drook)
                                 Indeed! (Emerson was ~my first incentive to memorize Pure-gold), when found glittering. - (Ashton)
                                 Tempted to repeat the... Oh well, I'll borrow the Skype shorthand: (y) -NT - (CRConrad) - (2)
                                     Winner! [one character) ..from one ..Character. -NT - (Ashton)
                                     oTpy--character -NT - (Ashton)
             Re: 👍🏻 - (malraux) - (1)
                 Being 8-bit clean will do that for you. ✨ -NT - (static)

I didn't think people ate those...
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