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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The beggar man fixed his swollen eyes upon me ; his blue lips smiled - and in his turn he pressed my cold fingers . " Never mind , brother , " he mumbled . " Thanks for this also , brother .
The beggar man fixed his swollen eyes upon me ; his blue lips smiled - and in his turn he pressed my cold fingers . " Never mind , brother , " he mumbled . " Thanks for this also , brother .
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... But singing , laughing , freely spills Its hoard far up the happy hills ; Far up , far down , at every turn— What beggar has not gold to burn ! " The California Poppy , " by Joaquin Miller What is this mystery that men call death ?
... But singing , laughing , freely spills Its hoard far up the happy hills ; Far up , far down , at every turn— What beggar has not gold to burn ! " The California Poppy , " by Joaquin Miller What is this mystery that men call death ?
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It is not teaching the youth the shapes of letters and the tricks of numbers , and then leaving them to turn their arithmetic to roguery , and their literature to lust . It means , on the contrary , training them into the perfect ...
It is not teaching the youth the shapes of letters and the tricks of numbers , and then leaving them to turn their arithmetic to roguery , and their literature to lust . It means , on the contrary , training them into the perfect ...
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Je HE soul is a fire that darts its rays through all the senses ; it is in this fire that existence consists ; all the observations and all the efforts of philosophers ought to turn towards this me , the center and moving power of our ...
Je HE soul is a fire that darts its rays through all the senses ; it is in this fire that existence consists ; all the observations and all the efforts of philosophers ought to turn towards this me , the center and moving power of our ...
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HAT we have a right to expect of the American boy is that he shall turn out to be a good American man . The boy can best become a good the principle to follow is : Hit the line hard ; don't foul and don't shirk , but hit the line hard.
HAT we have a right to expect of the American boy is that he shall turn out to be a good American man . The boy can best become a good the principle to follow is : Hit the line hard ; don't foul and don't shirk , but hit the line hard.
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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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