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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They have really used their souls in getting their success, theirmastery over matter, and itis by discovering other men's souls, andpicking out the men who had them,and gathering them around them, that the success has been kept.
They have really used their souls in getting their success, theirmastery over matter, and itis by discovering other men's souls, andpicking out the men who had them,and gathering them around them, that the success has been kept.
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... individuals—but itis the law to which we must conform social institutions and nationalpolicy, ifwe would secure the blessings and abundance of peace.—Henry George. storm topass.“I'mnot going totalk about this strike,” she she could.
... individuals—but itis the law to which we must conform social institutions and nationalpolicy, ifwe would secure the blessings and abundance of peace.—Henry George. storm topass.“I'mnot going totalk about this strike,” she she could.
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LTHOUGH imitation is one of the great instruments used by Providence in bringing our nature toward itsperfection, yet if mengave themselves up to imitation entirely, and each followed the other, andso on in an eternal circle,itis easy ...
LTHOUGH imitation is one of the great instruments used by Providence in bringing our nature toward itsperfection, yet if mengave themselves up to imitation entirely, and each followed the other, andso on in an eternal circle,itis easy ...
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aplant of slow growth, and mustundergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before itis entitled to the appellation. Let your heart feel forthe affections and distresses of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse; ...
aplant of slow growth, and mustundergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before itis entitled to the appellation. Let your heart feel forthe affections and distresses of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse; ...
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Itis as though the vastness would soonforce you from the rockto which you cling. The silence, the sheer depth, the gloom, burden you.It is a relief to feelthe firm earth beneath your feet again, as you carefully crawl back from your ...
Itis as though the vastness would soonforce you from the rockto which you cling. The silence, the sheer depth, the gloom, burden you.It is a relief to feelthe firm earth beneath your feet again, as you carefully crawl back from your ...
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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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