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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Then there arose according to the story - a masterless man , one who had taken no part in the action of his fellow , who had no special virtues , but afflictedthat is the phrase - with the magic of the necessary words .
Then there arose according to the story - a masterless man , one who had taken no part in the action of his fellow , who had no special virtues , but afflictedthat is the phrase - with the magic of the necessary words .
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... she is ultimately the most efficient guardian of virtue . But for her , the unchallenged purity of countless happy homes would be polluted , and not a few who , in the pride of their untempted chastity , think of her with an ...
... she is ultimately the most efficient guardian of virtue . But for her , the unchallenged purity of countless happy homes would be polluted , and not a few who , in the pride of their untempted chastity , think of her with an ...
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Reveal to methe satisfaction of virtue , the inner rewards of loyalty , helpfulness , and self - control . Let me be an unusual person because of that simplicity of heart and that lovableness of nature that I learn from Thee .
Reveal to methe satisfaction of virtue , the inner rewards of loyalty , helpfulness , and self - control . Let me be an unusual person because of that simplicity of heart and that lovableness of nature that I learn from Thee .
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There is no perfect statesman , or poet , or artist , but the virtues of many persons in each one of these great pursuits become detached , and like stardust , they form a new and perfect star in the expanse of thought .
There is no perfect statesman , or poet , or artist , but the virtues of many persons in each one of these great pursuits become detached , and like stardust , they form a new and perfect star in the expanse of thought .
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... for steepness and roughness of the way and staunch virtues gained by climbing over jagged rocks of hardship and stumbling through dark and pathless sloughs of discouragement ; for the acid blight of failure that has burned out of me ...
... for steepness and roughness of the way and staunch virtues gained by climbing over jagged rocks of hardship and stumbling through dark and pathless sloughs of discouragement ; for the acid blight of failure that has burned out of me ...
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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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