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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Unable to see the transparent obstacle , they had hurled themselves against the glass panes on all sides , east , north , south and west , until at last they fell to the floor exhausted , and died . But , yesterday , I noticed among the ...
Unable to see the transparent obstacle , they had hurled themselves against the glass panes on all sides , east , north , south and west , until at last they fell to the floor exhausted , and died . But , yesterday , I noticed among the ...
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The case is exactly reversed with a villain ; and it is my melancholy duty to add that we sometimes find it hard to avoid a cynical suspicion that the balance of social advantage is on the side of gifted villainy , since we see the able ...
The case is exactly reversed with a villain ; and it is my melancholy duty to add that we sometimes find it hard to avoid a cynical suspicion that the balance of social advantage is on the side of gifted villainy , since we see the able ...
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Two huge masses , two giants rise aloft , one on each side of the horizon : the Jungfrau and the Finsteraarhorn . And the Jungfrau says to its neighbor : " What news hast thou to tell ? Thou canst see better .
Two huge masses , two giants rise aloft , one on each side of the horizon : the Jungfrau and the Finsteraarhorn . And the Jungfrau says to its neighbor : " What news hast thou to tell ? Thou canst see better .
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All , all who have suffered and won , Am I , with work still undone , Who have struggled and failed and died , And a spear - mark in my side . I am part of the sea and stars And the winds of the South and North , Of mountains and moon ...
All , all who have suffered and won , Am I , with work still undone , Who have struggled and failed and died , And a spear - mark in my side . I am part of the sea and stars And the winds of the South and North , Of mountains and moon ...
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... strength will be a curse to himself and to every one else if he does not have a thorough command over himself and over his own evil passions , and if he does not use his strength on the side of decency , justice and fair dealing .
... strength will be a curse to himself and to every one else if he does not have a thorough command over himself and over his own evil passions , and if he does not use his strength on the side of decency , justice and fair dealing .
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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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