Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use, Volume 1A collection of more than seven hundred quotations from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. |
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She remains , while creeds and civilizations rise and fall , the eternal priestess of humanity , blasted for the sins of the people . - William E. H. Lecky . 80 90 Man is the merriest species of the creation ; all above or below him are ...
She remains , while creeds and civilizations rise and fall , the eternal priestess of humanity , blasted for the sins of the people . - William E. H. Lecky . 80 90 Man is the merriest species of the creation ; all above or below him are ...
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We do not believe that a house divided against itself shall stand ; we believe that it shall falls H , if they would only let you work . able to work ? Do you know the real thing that puts people in their little hospital cots with ...
We do not believe that a house divided against itself shall stand ; we believe that it shall falls H , if they would only let you work . able to work ? Do you know the real thing that puts people in their little hospital cots with ...
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Let Leaf after leaf drops off , flower after flower , Some in the chill , some in the warmer hour : Alive they flourish , and alive they fall , And Earth who nourished them receives them all . Should we , her wiser sons , be less ...
Let Leaf after leaf drops off , flower after flower , Some in the chill , some in the warmer hour : Alive they flourish , and alive they fall , And Earth who nourished them receives them all . Should we , her wiser sons , be less ...
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Seam , and gusset , and band , — Band , and gusset , and seam ,Till over the buttons I fall asleep , And sew them on in a dream ! ( Continued on next page ) solemn walls . By dash of wind and wave ,. E have reached Cascade Creek at last ...
Seam , and gusset , and band , — Band , and gusset , and seam ,Till over the buttons I fall asleep , And sew them on in a dream ! ( Continued on next page ) solemn walls . By dash of wind and wave ,. E have reached Cascade Creek at last ...
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90 n E who is silent is forgotten ; he who abstains is taken at his word ; he who does not advance falls back ; he who stops is overwhelmed , distanced , crushed ; he who ceases to grow greater becomes smaller ; he who leaves off ...
90 n E who is silent is forgotten ; he who abstains is taken at his word ; he who does not advance falls back ; he who stops is overwhelmed , distanced , crushed ; he who ceases to grow greater becomes smaller ; he who leaves off ...
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