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 7
... head completely ; it bounded furiously against the glass panes , as though it would smash them , took a fresh start ... heads against an invisible obstacle . And when God , who sees all and who wishes to save us , upsets our designs , we ...
... head completely ; it bounded furiously against the glass panes , as though it would smash them , took a fresh start ... heads against an invisible obstacle . And when God , who sees all and who wishes to save us , upsets our designs , we ...
Page 16
... heads of his wife and children an ill nature he would inflict on his fellow men but dares not . I can forgive much in that fellow mortal who would rather make men swear than women weep ; who would rather have the hate of the whole world ...
... heads of his wife and children an ill nature he would inflict on his fellow men but dares not . I can forgive much in that fellow mortal who would rather make men swear than women weep ; who would rather have the hate of the whole world ...
Page 23
... to influence another is the encouraging him to think for himself , instead of endeavor- ing to instil ready - made opinions into his head . Sir Leslie Stephen . ELFISHNESS is not living as one wishes to live ; SCRAP BOOK Page 23.
... to influence another is the encouraging him to think for himself , instead of endeavor- ing to instil ready - made opinions into his head . Sir Leslie Stephen . ELFISHNESS is not living as one wishes to live ; SCRAP BOOK Page 23.
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... head is bloody , but unbowed . Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the Shade , And yet the menace of the years Finds , and shall find , me unafraid . It matters not how strait the gate , How charged with ...
... head is bloody , but unbowed . Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the Shade , And yet the menace of the years Finds , and shall find , me unafraid . It matters not how strait the gate , How charged with ...
Page 27
... head prayers , but heart prayers - and that they are granted . Most people do not half realize how sacred a thing a legitimate ambition is . What is this eternal urge within us which is trying to push us on and on , up and up ? It is ...
... head prayers , but heart prayers - and that they are granted . Most people do not half realize how sacred a thing a legitimate ambition is . What is this eternal urge within us which is trying to push us on and on , up and up ? It is ...
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