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Re: Cut the mystical artist crap. (No crypto relevance here)
On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, t byfield wrote:
> At 2:10 AM 3/11/96, Anonymous wrote:
>
> >Was it Thoreau who said "Consistency is the hobgoblin of
> >simpletons"?
>
> No, it was Emerson. And that's not what he said.
>
> >What the compromises have to do with are that one lives in
> >a society with rules, mores, laws. One of those touch-shit
> >facts of life. You can do what you want, but when it involves
>
> You seem to be rather fond of consistency. ;)
>
> Ted
>
You are, of course, correct that it was Emerson, my half correct respone
to Anonymous.
The quotation continues ... "With consistency a great soul has simply
nothing to do."
EBD