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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W FOREWORD HEN Elbert Hubbard was storing up in his Scrap Book the fruits ofother men's genius,he did not contemplate a volume for spiritual publication He was merelygathering provisionsfor his own refreshment and delectation To ...
W FOREWORD HEN Elbert Hubbard was storing up in his Scrap Book the fruits ofother men's genius,he did not contemplate a volume for spiritual publication He was merelygathering provisionsfor his own refreshment and delectation To ...
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Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use Elbert Hubbard. where I am accustomed to work— that I ... Thepoor things had come in through the open window.
Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use Elbert Hubbard. where I am accustomed to work— that I ... Thepoor things had come in through the open window.
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There he lays aside his maskand you may whetherhe isan imp or an angel, cur or king, hero or humbug. I carenot what the world says of him: whether it crowns himboss or pelts him with badeggs. I care not acopper what his reputation or ...
There he lays aside his maskand you may whetherhe isan imp or an angel, cur or king, hero or humbug. I carenot what the world says of him: whether it crowns himboss or pelts him with badeggs. I care not acopper what his reputation or ...
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business with the Egyptians. Take off those fine clothes and go back to your own people andhelp them escape from bondage.' Well. Of course, I ain't like Moses, and God has never talkedto me. But it seems to me sort of as if—during this ...
business with the Egyptians. Take off those fine clothes and go back to your own people andhelp them escape from bondage.' Well. Of course, I ain't like Moses, and God has never talkedto me. But it seems to me sort of as if—during this ...
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Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and alarge, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.' ” “Yes. That's it,” Yetta said. “Well that's what strikes mean. We're fighting, fighting, for the old promises.
Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and alarge, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.' ” “Yes. That's it,” Yetta said. “Well that's what strikes mean. We're fighting, fighting, for the old promises.
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User Review - keylawk - LibraryThingA variety of materials collected without citation to sources, and not in any topical or sequential order, and not organized with a Table of Contents. However, three Indexes are provided with nice ... Read full review
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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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