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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For him it was the quest that mattered , it was the quest he loved 90 90 The Reader will remember Keats ' dream of << a very pleasant life . " " I had an idea that a Man might pass a very pleasant life in this manner : Let him on a ...
For him it was the quest that mattered , it was the quest he loved 90 90 The Reader will remember Keats ' dream of << a very pleasant life . " " I had an idea that a Man might pass a very pleasant life in this manner : Let him on a ...
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... it spoils my temper to think of it , especially when one remembers that musical composition is taught ( a monstrous pretension ) in this country by people who read scores , and never by any chance listen to performances .
... it spoils my temper to think of it , especially when one remembers that musical composition is taught ( a monstrous pretension ) in this country by people who read scores , and never by any chance listen to performances .
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Christ , remember , had pity for us all and so taught us . Have pity when there is still time , believe me , that is right . I was once for example , employed as a watchman , at a country place which belonged to an engineer , not far ...
Christ , remember , had pity for us all and so taught us . Have pity when there is still time , believe me , that is right . I was once for example , employed as a watchman , at a country place which belonged to an engineer , not far ...
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I don't remember just the words of the story , but God said : ' Moses , you ' re a Jew . You ain't got no business with the Egyptians . Take off those fine clothes and go back to your own people and help them escape from bondage .
I don't remember just the words of the story , but God said : ' Moses , you ' re a Jew . You ain't got no business with the Egyptians . Take off those fine clothes and go back to your own people and help them escape from bondage .
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... give in proportion to your purse ; remembering always the estimation of the widow's mite , that it is not every one that asketh that deserveth charity ; all however , are worthy of the inquiry , or the deserving may suffer .
... give in proportion to your purse ; remembering always the estimation of the widow's mite , that it is not every one that asketh that deserveth charity ; all however , are worthy of the inquiry , or the deserving may suffer .
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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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