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NewHampshireDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-16-04 08:35 AM
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Kurowski--great article with one glaring error ...
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I myself have no real quarrel with flip-flopping. In one of the earliest known indictments of the anally-retentive, Benjamin Franklin called consistency "the hob-goblin of little minds." But since some on the right so obviously do have a problem, I think it only fair we let them know about George.



It was Emerson, not Franklin, who originated that quote. It appears in his essay Self-Reliance. Here's the full line:


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


Note that Emerson said it is "a foolish consistency," and not all consistency, that haunts the little mind. Too bad you didn't use the whole quote, since * is certainly an exemplar of the "little statesmen" Emerson derides.

All in all, great article--but you and I both know someone on the other side is going to see that error and mislabel all of us based on it.
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