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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... heaven in every opening leaf , warm perfection in every stirring egg , hope and fear and beauty beyond computation in every forest tree ; and in the autumn before the snows come they have all gone - of all that incalculable abundance of ...
... heaven in every opening leaf , warm perfection in every stirring egg , hope and fear and beauty beyond computation in every forest tree ; and in the autumn before the snows come they have all gone - of all that incalculable abundance of ...
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... heaven slumbers over the earth which has grown dumb forever .- " A Conversation , " based on the fact that never yet has human foot trod either the Jungfrau or the Finsteraarhorn , by Turgenefer ser HE E said , " I see . " And they said ...
... heaven slumbers over the earth which has grown dumb forever .- " A Conversation , " based on the fact that never yet has human foot trod either the Jungfrau or the Finsteraarhorn , by Turgenefer ser HE E said , " I see . " And they said ...
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... higher than all these — a great country , the whole earth , and a great hope , the whole heaven . - Victor Hugo . If you have knowledge , let others light their candles at it . - Margaret Fuller . NEW era is dawning on the world . We are.
... higher than all these — a great country , the whole earth , and a great hope , the whole heaven . - Victor Hugo . If you have knowledge , let others light their candles at it . - Margaret Fuller . NEW era is dawning on the world . We are.
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... heavens and traced the orbits of the stars - who have read the story of the world in mountain range and billowed sea ; the men who have lengthened life and conquered pain ; the great philosophers and naturalists who have filled the ...
... heavens and traced the orbits of the stars - who have read the story of the world in mountain range and billowed sea ; the men who have lengthened life and conquered pain ; the great philosophers and naturalists who have filled the ...
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... heaven - and the humbug never gets that near the great white throne of God . He may be a rank atheist and red - flag anarchist , a Mormon and a mugwump ; he may buy votes in blocks of five , and bet on the elections ; he may deal ' em ...
... heaven - and the humbug never gets that near the great white throne of God . He may be a rank atheist and red - flag anarchist , a Mormon and a mugwump ; he may buy votes in blocks of five , and bet on the elections ; he may deal ' em ...
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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