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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... them into as small a compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.—Robert Southey. Come, follow me, and leave the world to its babblings.—Dante. up on us by the sheer development and fruitfulness, over,and.
... them into as small a compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.—Robert Southey. Come, follow me, and leave the world to its babblings.—Dante. up on us by the sheer development and fruitfulness, over,and.
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... follow her, When from every hill aflame, Shecalls and calls eachvagabond by name. “AnAutumn Song,” by Bliss Carman H, if they would only let you work. Would n't it be fine just to be able to work? Do you know the real thing that puts ...
... follow her, When from every hill aflame, Shecalls and calls eachvagabond by name. “AnAutumn Song,” by Bliss Carman H, if they would only let you work. Would n't it be fine just to be able to work? Do you know the real thing that puts ...
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... follow is: Hit the line hard; don't foul and don't shirk, but hit the line hard.—“The American Boy,” by Theodore Roosevelt. WHAT. we have a right to expect of the American boy is that heshall turn out tobe a good American man. The boy ...
... follow is: Hit the line hard; don't foul and don't shirk, but hit the line hard.—“The American Boy,” by Theodore Roosevelt. WHAT. we have a right to expect of the American boy is that heshall turn out tobe a good American man. The boy ...
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... follow itfor a little among the solemn pines,and then passout fromthe tree shadows and take yourstand uponthat farther rock, clinging to it wellmeanwhile and being very sureof your footing, for your head will swimand grow dizzy, and ...
... follow itfor a little among the solemn pines,and then passout fromthe tree shadows and take yourstand uponthat farther rock, clinging to it wellmeanwhile and being very sureof your footing, for your head will swimand grow dizzy, and ...
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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 |
| Author | Elbert Hubbard |
| Publisher | Pelican Publishing Company, 1999 |
| ISBN | 1455603791, 9781455603794 |
| Length | 240 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Collections / Essays |
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