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 flows the good with equal law Unto the soul of pure delights . The stars come nightly to the sky , The tidal wave unto the sea ; Nor time nor space , nor deep nor high , Can keep my own away from me . " Waiting , " by John Burroughs ...
So flows the good with equal law Unto the soul of pure delights . The stars come nightly to the sky , The tidal wave unto the sea ; Nor time nor space , nor deep nor high , Can keep my own away from me . " Waiting , " by John Burroughs ...
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D0 D0 WO contrary laws stand today opposed : one a law of blood and death , which , inventing daily new means of combat , obliges the nations to be ever prepared for battle ; the other a law of peace , of labor , of salvation , which ...
D0 D0 WO contrary laws stand today opposed : one a law of blood and death , which , inventing daily new means of combat , obliges the nations to be ever prepared for battle ; the other a law of peace , of labor , of salvation , which ...
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HAT is the law of nature ? Is it to know that my security and that of my family , all my amusements and pleasures , are purchased at the expense of misery , deprivation , and suffering to thousands of human beings - by the terror of the ...
HAT is the law of nature ? Is it to know that my security and that of my family , all my amusements and pleasures , are purchased at the expense of misery , deprivation , and suffering to thousands of human beings - by the terror of the ...
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... perfection to individuals — but it is the law to which we must conform social institutions and national policy , if we would secure the blessings and abundance of peace . Henry George . I am part of the sea and stars And the SCRAP ...
... perfection to individuals — but it is the law to which we must conform social institutions and national policy , if we would secure the blessings and abundance of peace . Henry George . I am part of the sea and stars And the SCRAP ...
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MAN'S Thanksgiving : God of commonsense , I give Thee thanks for the heavy blows of pain that drive me back from perilous ways into harmony with the laws of my being ; for stinging whips of hunger and cold that urge to bitter strivings ...
MAN'S Thanksgiving : God of commonsense , I give Thee thanks for the heavy blows of pain that drive me back from perilous ways into harmony with the laws of my being ; for stinging whips of hunger and cold that urge to bitter strivings ...
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