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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“Ah! my fine friend,” said I, “it would have been an evil day for you hadI not come to the rescue. You would have been done for, my fine fellow; before nightfall you would be lying dead, and on coming upstairs, in the evening with my ...
“Ah! my fine friend,” said I, “it would have been an evil day for you hadI not come to the rescue. You would have been done for, my fine fellow; before nightfall you would be lying dead, and on coming upstairs, in the evening with my ...
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And you must transact business, wirepull politics, discuss religion, give and receive hate, love,and friendship withall sorts of people before you can acquire the sense of humanity. If youare to acquire the sense sufficiently to be a ...
And you must transact business, wirepull politics, discuss religion, give and receive hate, love,and friendship withall sorts of people before you can acquire the sense of humanity. If youare to acquire the sense sufficiently to be a ...
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Life! we've long together been Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; 'T ishard to part when friends are dear— Perhaps't will cost a sigh, a tear; Thensteal away, give little warning, Choose thineowntime; Say not GoodNight—but in ...
Life! we've long together been Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; 'T ishard to part when friends are dear— Perhaps't will cost a sigh, a tear; Thensteal away, give little warning, Choose thineowntime; Say not GoodNight—but in ...
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I triumph inwardly to find Thy presence and taste the mystic joy of Thy friendship, while the world suspects not. Thou washest my heart cleanas the Priest's. Thou givest me a holy ambition to do my work well, that I also may bea devout ...
I triumph inwardly to find Thy presence and taste the mystic joy of Thy friendship, while the world suspects not. Thou washest my heart cleanas the Priest's. Thou givest me a holy ambition to do my work well, that I also may bea devout ...
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E courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is T G A I strong affinity for facts, who makes B ...
E courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is T G A I strong affinity for facts, who makes B ...
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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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