Elbert Hubbard's Scrap BookA vast collection of more than seven hundred quotations meant to inspire genius, this scrapbook contains favored sayings of the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century essayist Elbert Hubbard. Here the words of history's and literature's greats from William Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, Marcus Aurelius, Charlotte Brontï¿1/2, and Dante to Charles Dickens, Thomas Jefferson, Pythagoras, and Oscar Wilde meet. Originally published posthumously as a tribute to Hubbard, this compilation includes the musings of George Washington on jealousy, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley on love, Plato on man, and hundreds of others. The universe's most momentous questions about life and success, as well as love, humanity, nature, and war, unfold in memorable passages. Indexes by author, topic, and poem serve for easy reference. |
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... head of four - fifths of the human race , and political head of the whole of it , must be granted the possession of execu- tive abilities of the loftiest order . In his large presence the other popes and politicians shrink to midgets ...
... head . Another moment and my head will roll down on the floor - another moment and the red jet will spurt from my neck ..... Murderers , murderers ! None other than murderers ! Lord God in Heaven ! Then- The church door opens creaking ...
... head ! But O , at last , when all is said , Her woman's heart for me ! We wandered where the river gleamed ' Neath oaks that mused and pines that dreamed . A wild thing of the woods she seemed , So proud , and pure , and free ! All ...