Re: [Paddlewise] Foolish Consistency

From: Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:32:11 -0400
tfj_at_interaccess.com wrote:
> 
> Emerson I believe.
> 
> > To those who believe there is only one right way I will quote Aldous
> > Huxley:
> > "Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds". (I think it was Aldous
> > >>
> >
> > I think the full quotation is "A *foolish*
> > consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds," 

Showing evidence of a small mind, I believe that the quote is "A foolish
_preoccupation_ with consistency..."  And I'm not sure that 'foolish' is
the right word.

Steve
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