All 14 Uses of

consequence
in
The Fountainhead

He dismissed modern architecture, stating that: "So far, it has represented nothing but the whim of isolated individuals, has borne no relation to any great, spontaneous mass movement, and as such is of no consequence."†
Chpt 1.6

consequence = importance

It leads to consequences which, once started, cannot be controlled.†
Chpt 2.2 *

consequences = results

The most important consequence of Sermons in Stone was Toohey's contract to write a daily column for Gail Wynand's New York Banner.†
Chpt 2.9

consequence = result

It's all about a gallstone that thinks that it's an independent entity, a sort of a rugged individualist of the gall bladder, if you see what I mean, and then the man takes a big dose of castor oil—there's a graphic description of the consequences—I'm not sure it's correct medically, but anyway that's the end of the Gallant Gallstone.†
Chpt 3.1

consequences = results

He almost wished Wynand would try to corrupt him, no matter what the consequences.†
Chpt 3.1

Thus he reached the age of fifty-one, and a day when nothing of consequence happened to him, yet the evening found him without desire to take a step farther.†
Chpt 3.1 *

consequence = importance

He succumbed to the superstition of beauty and ornament, even though the ornament was of his own devising, and, consequently, inferior to that of established historical forms.
Chpt 3.6

consequently = resultantly (as a result)

Before I name them, I'd like to point out some of the consequences, should you refuse.†
Chpt 4.3

consequences = results

But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the secondary consequences.†
Chpt 4.8

But this—this amused tolerance seemed to admit that romance was only human, one had to take it, like everybody else, it was a popular weakness of no great consequence—she was gratified as she would have been gratified by the same words from any other man—it was like that red-enamel Mexican on her lapel, a contemptuous concession to people's demand of vanity.†
Chpt 4.10

consequence = importance

In the person of Howard Roark, we must crush the forces of selfishness and antisocial individualism—the curse of our modern world—here shown to us in ultimate consequences.†
Chpt 4.15

consequences = results

The exquisite kindliness of her manner suggested that their relationship was of no possible consequence, that she could not pay him the tribute of hostility.†
Chpt 1.12

Definitions:

(1) (consequence as in: a direct consequence of)
a result of something (often an undesired side effect)
(2) (consequence as in: of little consequence)
importance or relevance
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

In classic literature, consequential may refer to someone with too much feeling of self-importance as when Dickens wrote "Because he's a proud, haughty, consequential, turned-up-nosed peacock."

Self-consequence was used in a similar manner, but is more easily understood by modern readers since important is one of the modern senses of consequence.

Another classic sense of consequent that is similar to importance or significance refers to "material wealth or prominence" as when Jane Austen wrote: "They had each had money, but their marriages had made a material difference in their degree of consequence."