"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
— Mind

January 1, 1970

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance", Essays: First Series (vol. 2 of The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson), p. 57 (1903).