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 25
J D LL truth is safe and nothing else is winked ; it is not shut up in a gloomy prison till it thinks the walls of its own dungeon the limits of the universe , and the reach of its own chain the outer verge of intelligence .
J D LL truth is safe and nothing else is winked ; it is not shut up in a gloomy prison till it thinks the walls of its own dungeon the limits of the universe , and the reach of its own chain the outer verge of intelligence .
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Though but five , he governs the universe . Yes , for he rules his mother , his mother rules me , I rule Athens and Athens the world . " After Themistocles it was Pericles ' turn to govern and be ruled His sovereign was Aspasia .
Though but five , he governs the universe . Yes , for he rules his mother , his mother rules me , I rule Athens and Athens the world . " After Themistocles it was Pericles ' turn to govern and be ruled His sovereign was Aspasia .
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They lived far enough apart ; were the entirest strangers ; nay , in so wide a Universe , there was even , unconsciously , by Commerce , some mutual helpfulness between them . How then ? Simpleton ! their Governors had fallen out ...
They lived far enough apart ; were the entirest strangers ; nay , in so wide a Universe , there was even , unconsciously , by Commerce , some mutual helpfulness between them . How then ? Simpleton ! their Governors had fallen out ...
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We do not find that evil has been interpolated into the universe from without ; we find that , on the contrary , it is an indispensable part of the dramatic whole . God is the creator of evil , and from the eternal scheme of things ...
We do not find that evil has been interpolated into the universe from without ; we find that , on the contrary , it is an indispensable part of the dramatic whole . God is the creator of evil , and from the eternal scheme of things ...
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I have the largest sympathy for religion , and the largest contempt I am capable of for a mis80 90 BOVE the indistinguishable roar of the many feet I feel the presence of the sun , of the immense forces of the universe , and beyond ...
I have the largest sympathy for religion , and the largest contempt I am capable of for a mis80 90 BOVE the indistinguishable roar of the many feet I feel the presence of the sun , of the immense forces of the universe , and beyond ...
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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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