>> 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--or maybe it was a physicist said it, or maybe a conversation Huxley had with a physicist, or was it a mathematician--hate this getting older). >> This was one of my ex-wife's favorite quotations when I caught her in an inconsistency, but in fact, I think the full quotation is "A *foolish* consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds," and that the author was someone who lived before Huxley, though I can't remember who. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Emerson I believe. Chuck Holst wrote: > >> > 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--or > maybe it was a physicist said it, or maybe a conversation Huxley had with a > physicist, or was it a mathematician--hate this getting older). > >> > > This was one of my ex-wife's favorite quotations when I caught her in an > inconsistency, but in fact, I think the full quotation is "A *foolish* > consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds," and that the author was > someone who lived before Huxley, though I can't remember who. > > Chuck Holst > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not > to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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