ELBERT HUBBARD'S SCRAP BOOK: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own UseNo man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body, to risk his well-being, to risk his life, in a great cause.-Theodore Roosevelt Filled with some of the best words of wisdom ever written, this little volume is sure to uplift any reader. Elbert Hubbard spent much of his life carefully collecting significant quotes from throughout history. He loved searching for and finding new material to add to his scrapbook for personal inspiration. After his death, this richly developed scrapbook was published and can now be relished by readers everywhere.Here one can read pulse-quickening quotes from people like Abraham Lincoln, Rudyard Kipling, Dante, Leo Tolstoy, and many, many more. People from every profession and nationality have been quoted at their best, and these quotes have been carefully compiled for the reader's inspiration and personal growth. This unique book will furnish readers with a little genius for each day, and will inevitably make them better for it. |
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... dead bees lying on the floor of the lookout where am accustomed to work—a sight that I encounter every spring. The poor things had come in through the open window. When the windows were closed they found themselves prisoners. Unable to ...
... dead bees lying on the floor of the lookout where am accustomed to work—a sight that I encounter every spring. The poor things had come in through the open window. When the windows were closed they found themselves prisoners. Unable to ...
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... and deliciousness, there is scarcely more to be found than a soiled twig, a dirty seed, a dead leaf, black mould, or a rotting feather.—H. G. Wells. Speech is the index of the mind.—Seneca. TH HE tradition of the stage is a tradition of.
... and deliciousness, there is scarcely more to be found than a soiled twig, a dirty seed, a dead leaf, black mould, or a rotting feather.—H. G. Wells. Speech is the index of the mind.—Seneca. TH HE tradition of the stage is a tradition of.
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... dead , hatred will be dead , frontier boundaries will be dead , dogmas will be dead ; man will live . He will possess something higher than all these — a great country , the whole earth , and a great hope , the whole heaven ...
... dead , hatred will be dead , frontier boundaries will be dead , dogmas will be dead ; man will live . He will possess something higher than all these — a great country , the whole earth , and a great hope , the whole heaven ...
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... say: He is not dead, But sleeps; and soon he will arise and take Me by the hand. I know he will awake And smile on me as he did yesterday; And he will have some gentle word to say, Some kindly deed to do ; for loving thought Was.
... say: He is not dead, But sleeps; and soon he will arise and take Me by the hand. I know he will awake And smile on me as he did yesterday; And he will have some gentle word to say, Some kindly deed to do ; for loving thought Was.
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... dead . Such souls forever live In boundless measure of the love they give . " Mystery , " by Jerome B. Bell Make me to achieve a better success in my role before the ever present audience of the angels than I hope to have when I play my ...
... dead . Such souls forever live In boundless measure of the love they give . " Mystery , " by Jerome B. Bell Make me to achieve a better success in my role before the ever present audience of the angels than I hope to have when I play my ...
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Abraham Lincoln battle of Waterloo beauty become believe blood Correggio dark dead death delight discommend divine dream earth Edgar Lee Masters eternal evil eyes face fear feel Finsteraarhorn flowers friends genius George Eliot give glory grow hand happy head hear heart heaven honor hope hour human J. M. W. Turner Jungfrau labor Lady Hamilton Lamia laws liberty light live look Lord Lord Byron mankind Marsouins matter means mind moral nation nature never night ourselves pain passions peace play pleasure Pontius Pilate poor race religion Rembrandt remember Robert Louis Stevenson seems slaves sleep sorrow soul speak spirit stand stars Stevenson Superman sweet tears tell things thou thought thousand tree true truth virtue Vitellius whole wish words youth