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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Page 12
... light of intelligence , and , behold , the outer day - lit world was stumbling and groping in social blindness . At first I was most unhappy ; but deeper study restored my confidence By learning the sufferings and burdens of men , I ...
... light of intelligence , and , behold , the outer day - lit world was stumbling and groping in social blindness . At first I was most unhappy ; but deeper study restored my confidence By learning the sufferings and burdens of men , I ...
Page 13
... light ; the great poets whose thoughts have charmed the soul , the great painters and sculptors who have made the canvas speak , the marble live ; the great orators who have swayed the world , the composers who have given their souls to ...
... light ; the great poets whose thoughts have charmed the soul , the great painters and sculptors who have made the canvas speak , the marble live ; the great orators who have swayed the world , the composers who have given their souls to ...
Page 15
... devout worshiper at any shrine reflects something of its golden glow , even as the glory of a noble love shines like a sort of light from a woman's face . — Balzac . HE place to take the true measure of a man SCRAP BOOK Page 15.
... devout worshiper at any shrine reflects something of its golden glow , even as the glory of a noble love shines like a sort of light from a woman's face . — Balzac . HE place to take the true measure of a man SCRAP BOOK Page 15.
Page 30
... lights are seen in your horizon -one the fast fading marsh light of power , and the other the slowly rising sun of human brotherhood . Two ways lie open for you - one leading to an even lower and lower plain , where are heard the cries ...
... lights are seen in your horizon -one the fast fading marsh light of power , and the other the slowly rising sun of human brotherhood . Two ways lie open for you - one leading to an even lower and lower plain , where are heard the cries ...
Page 32
... light , the starry heavens truly exercise a moral influence over us ; and who can readily stray into the paths of immorality if he has been accustomed to live amidst such thoughts and feelings , and frequently to dwell upon them ? How ...
... light , the starry heavens truly exercise a moral influence over us ; and who can readily stray into the paths of immorality if he has been accustomed to live amidst such thoughts and feelings , and frequently to dwell upon them ? How ...
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| Title | Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use, Volume 1 Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use, Elbert Hubbard |
| Author | Elbert Hubbard |
| Compiled by | Elbert Hubbard |
| Publisher | W.H. Wise & Company, 1923 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 16 Sep 2022 |
| Length | 228 pages |
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