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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... infinite. Well, you see how I saved the drone. I was its Providence. But (and here is the moral of my story) dowe not, stupid drones that we are, conduct ourselves in the same manner toward the providence of God? We haveour petty and ...
... infinite. Well, you see how I saved the drone. I was its Providence. But (and here is the moral of my story) dowe not, stupid drones that we are, conduct ourselves in the same manner toward the providence of God? We haveour petty and ...
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... infinite actions and opinions in succeeding ages:so that, if the invention of the ship was thoughtso noble,which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regionsin participation of their ...
... infinite actions and opinions in succeeding ages:so that, if the invention of the ship was thoughtso noble,which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regionsin participation of their ...
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... infinite and share the divine current that thrills allhigh souls. Save me from the bogs of pettiness, from egotism, selfpity, envy, and all the corrosives that mar life. I do not serve in the temple; mine is no solemn office nor ...
... infinite and share the divine current that thrills allhigh souls. Save me from the bogs of pettiness, from egotism, selfpity, envy, and all the corrosives that mar life. I do not serve in the temple; mine is no solemn office nor ...
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... infinite power and unknown name, his featuresnot yet fully visible, as though he had not yet emerged from the shadows of old forums and the lonely columns ofruined states. All around our hearts stand these final shapes of the powerful ...
... infinite power and unknown name, his featuresnot yet fully visible, as though he had not yet emerged from the shadows of old forums and the lonely columns ofruined states. All around our hearts stand these final shapes of the powerful ...
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... infinite variety of typeasa delightful thing, accepts it, acquiesces in it, enjoys it.—Oscar Wilde. HEtree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. Some see Nature all ...
... infinite variety of typeasa delightful thing, accepts it, acquiesces in it, enjoys it.—Oscar Wilde. HEtree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. Some see Nature all ...
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Abraham Lincoln allthe andthe aslave beauty become believe character Correggio dark dead death delight divine dream earth Edgar Lee Masters eternal evil eyes face fear feel Finsteraarhorn flowers friends genius George Eliot give God’s hand happy heart heaven honor hope hour human infinite inthe isan isthe itis labor Lady Hamilton Lamia laws liberty light live look Lord Lord Byron man’s mankind Marsouins matter means Michelangelo mind moral nation nature Nature’s never night ofthe one’s onthe ourselves passions peace pleasure Pontius Pilate poor race religion Rembrandt remember Robert Louis Stevenson seems silence sleep sorrow soul speak spirit stars sweet tears tell thatI things thou thought thousand tobe tothe true truth virtue Vitellius whole William Wordsworth woman words youth