Did Ralph Waldo Emerson say “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”?

Did Ralph Waldo Emerson say “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”?

Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson. Source and location below.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with the shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day.--"Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood."--Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras[186] was misunderstood, and Socrates, …
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson — Ralph Waldo Emerson, ¶196 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #16643 · source

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