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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... spirit The keeper of the stock - farm will tell you that a thoroughbred never whines . One illustrated this to me by swinging a dog around by the tail . The creature was in pain , but no sound escaped him . " You see , " said the keeper ...
... spirit , but it is spirit subject to the measurement of time . It is matter , but it is matter that can dispense with space . - Heinrich Heine . O renounce your individuality , to see with another's eyes , to hear with another's ears ...
... Spirit , and Him only . Brother , this council fire was kindled by you . It was at your request that we came together at this time . We have listened with attention to what you have said . You requested us to speak our minds freely ...