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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... forces of darkness—the power which,though never completely victorious, is continuously conquering. Thevery fact that wearestill here carrying onthe contest against the hosts of annihilation proves that onthe whole the battle has gone ...
... forces of darkness—the power which,though never completely victorious, is continuously conquering. Thevery fact that wearestill here carrying onthe contest against the hosts of annihilation proves that onthe whole the battle has gone ...
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... force that is in every atom and in every star—in everything that lives and grows—is the only possible god.—R. G. Ingersoll. ANEW. era is dawning on the world. We are beginning to believe in the religion of usefulness The golden poppy ...
... force that is in every atom and in every star—in everything that lives and grows—is the only possible god.—R. G. Ingersoll. ANEW. era is dawning on the world. We are beginning to believe in the religion of usefulness The golden poppy ...
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... forces silently working out thedestiny of man have seized thesemen, touched their eyes with vision.They are rich by revelations, by habits of great seeing and great daring. They are idealists.They have really used their souls in getting ...
... forces silently working out thedestiny of man have seized thesemen, touched their eyes with vision.They are rich by revelations, by habits of great seeing and great daring. They are idealists.They have really used their souls in getting ...
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... force ofmind merely make him so much the more objectionable a member of society. He can not do good work if he is not strong and does not try with his whole heart and soul to count in any contest; and his strength will be a curse to ...
... force ofmind merely make him so much the more objectionable a member of society. He can not do good work if he is not strong and does not try with his whole heart and soul to count in any contest; and his strength will be a curse to ...
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... force within us, which is perpetually prodding us to do our best and refusesto accept our second best.—Orison Swett Marden. THE. faculty to dream was not given to mock us. There is a reality back of it. There is a divinity behind our ...
... force within us, which is perpetually prodding us to do our best and refusesto accept our second best.—Orison Swett Marden. THE. faculty to dream was not given to mock us. There is a reality back of it. There is a divinity behind our ...
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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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