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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Can not I , whose business it is to play , be as conscientious as those in authority or peril or solemn function ? Do Convention classes me and my fellows among the loose and thoughtless . So Thou art my secret .
Can not I , whose business it is to play , be as conscientious as those in authority or peril or solemn function ? Do Convention classes me and my fellows among the loose and thoughtless . So Thou art my secret .
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E courteous to all , but inti- COMMERCE is a game of skill , which every man can not play , which few men can play well . The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call commonsense ; a man of strong affinity for ...
E courteous to all , but inti- COMMERCE is a game of skill , which every man can not play , which few men can play well . The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call commonsense ; a man of strong affinity for ...
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Teach me to know and play life's game with courage , fortitude and confidence . Endow me with wisdom to guard my tongue and temper , and learn with patience the art of ruling my own life for its highest good , with due regard for the ...
Teach me to know and play life's game with courage , fortitude and confidence . Endow me with wisdom to guard my tongue and temper , and learn with patience the art of ruling my own life for its highest good , with due regard for the ...
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... -play up , play up , and play the game . " The Optimist's Prayer , " by William J. Robinson . wine , men will trail along , torn from peaceful labor , from their wives , mothers and children - hundreds of thousands of simple ...
... -play up , play up , and play the game . " The Optimist's Prayer , " by William J. Robinson . wine , men will trail along , torn from peaceful labor , from their wives , mothers and children - hundreds of thousands of simple ...
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90 90 I N its heart the world cares for little but play ; but in its life it does hardly anything but work , for the world has forgotten that the reason of its work isplay . The natural man works that he may play - works that he may ...
90 90 I N its heart the world cares for little but play ; but in its life it does hardly anything but work , for the world has forgotten that the reason of its work isplay . The natural man works that he may play - works that he may ...
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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 |
| Contributor | Wm. H. Wise & Co |
| Publisher | W.H. Wise & Company, 1923 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 16 Sep 2022 |
| Length | 228 pages |
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