Re: Cut the mystical artist crap. (No crypto relevance here)

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

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