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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... hands the power to realize Keats ' dream . Here in Hubbard's Scrap Book the Reader will find " full Poesy " and " distilled Prose , " of a pleasing savor to the tongue and a strangely nourishing relish to the intelligence . Let the ...
... hands the power to realize Keats ' dream . Here in Hubbard's Scrap Book the Reader will find " full Poesy " and " distilled Prose , " of a pleasing savor to the tongue and a strangely nourishing relish to the intelligence . Let the ...
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... hand down untrue tales about them to their children , they took and killed him . But later they saw that the magic was in the words , not in the man . -Kipling ELBERT HUBBARD'S SCRAP BOOK T PROVIDENCE—AN APOLOGUE HE reason: I.
... hand down untrue tales about them to their children , they took and killed him . But later they saw that the magic was in the words , not in the man . -Kipling ELBERT HUBBARD'S SCRAP BOOK T PROVIDENCE—AN APOLOGUE HE reason: I.
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... hand out the window, opened the napkin. For a moment the drone seemed stunned, astonished; then it calmly took flight out into the infinite. Well, you see how I saved the drone. I was its Providence. But (and here is the moral of my ...
... hand out the window, opened the napkin. For a moment the drone seemed stunned, astonished; then it calmly took flight out into the infinite. Well, you see how I saved the drone. I was its Providence. But (and here is the moral of my ...
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... hand . . . He moaned , he bellowed for help . • I began to rummage in all my pockets . Neither purse , nor watch , nor even handkerchief did I find . . . I had taken nothing with me . And the beggar still waited . . .and extended his hand ...
... hand . . . He moaned , he bellowed for help . • I began to rummage in all my pockets . Neither purse , nor watch , nor even handkerchief did I find . . . I had taken nothing with me . And the beggar still waited . . .and extended his hand ...
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... hand , " replies the Finsteraarhorn ; " well , and yonder , far away , in the valleys there is still a spot , and something is moving . " " And now ? " inquires the Jungfrau , after other thousands of years , which are as one minute ...
... hand , " replies the Finsteraarhorn ; " well , and yonder , far away , in the valleys there is still a spot , and something is moving . " " And now ? " inquires the Jungfrau , after other thousands of years , which are as one minute ...
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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