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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So each spring sees a million glorious beginnings , a sunlit heaven in every opening leaf , warm perfection in every stirring egg , hope and fear and beauty beyond computation in every forest tree ; and in the autumn before the snows ...
So each spring sees a million glorious beginnings , a sunlit heaven in every opening leaf , warm perfection in every stirring egg , hope and fear and beauty beyond computation in every forest tree ; and in the autumn before the snows ...
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The huge mountains slumber ; the green , clear heaven slumbers over the earth which has grown dumb forever.— “ A Conversation , " based on the fact that never yet has human foot trod either the Jungfrau or the Finsteraarhorn ...
The huge mountains slumber ; the green , clear heaven slumbers over the earth which has grown dumb forever.— “ A Conversation , " based on the fact that never yet has human foot trod either the Jungfrau or the Finsteraarhorn ...
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He will possess something higher than all these a great country , the whole earth , and a great hope , the whole heaven . - Victor Hugo . If you have knowledge , let others light their candles at it . - Margaret Fuller .
He will possess something higher than all these a great country , the whole earth , and a great hope , the whole heaven . - Victor Hugo . If you have knowledge , let others light their candles at it . - Margaret Fuller .
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But if his children rush to the front door to meet him the and love's sunshine illuminates his fate of his wife every time footfall , you can take it for granted that he is pure , for his home is a heaven - and the humbug never gets ...
But if his children rush to the front door to meet him the and love's sunshine illuminates his fate of his wife every time footfall , you can take it for granted that he is pure , for his home is a heaven - and the humbug never gets ...
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For Joy , " by Florence Earle Coates Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ,. Tis undeniable that the great quest of humanity is happiness . But was the world created to be happy ? How many are truly happy ?
For Joy , " by Florence Earle Coates Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ,. Tis undeniable that the great quest of humanity is happiness . But was the world created to be happy ? How many are truly happy ?
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