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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... law Unto the soul ofpure delights. The stars come nightly to the sky, The tidal wave unto the sea; Nor time nor space, nor deep nor high, Can keep my own away from me. “Waiting,” by John Burroughs HAT moods, what passions, what nights ...
... law Unto the soul ofpure delights. The stars come nightly to the sky, The tidal wave unto the sea; Nor time nor space, nor deep nor high, Can keep my own away from me. “Waiting,” by John Burroughs HAT moods, what passions, what nights ...
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... laws stand today opposed: one a law of blood and death, which, inventing daily newmeans of combat, obliges the nations tobe everprepared for battle; the othera lawof peace, of labor, of salvation, which strives to deliver man from the ...
... laws stand today opposed: one a law of blood and death, which, inventing daily newmeans of combat, obliges the nations tobe everprepared for battle; the othera lawof peace, of labor, of salvation, which strives to deliver man from the ...
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... law of nature? Is it to know that my security and that ofmy family, all my amusements and pleasures, are purchased at the expense of misery, deprivation, and suffering to thousands of human beings—by the terror of the gallows; by the ...
... law of nature? Is it to know that my security and that ofmy family, all my amusements and pleasures, are purchased at the expense of misery, deprivation, and suffering to thousands of human beings—by the terror of the gallows; by the ...
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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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... . We should count time by heartthrobs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.—Philip James Bailey. perilous ways into harmony with the laws of my being; our faith, as though to show us that nothing is ...
... . We should count time by heartthrobs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.—Philip James Bailey. perilous ways into harmony with the laws of my being; our faith, as though to show us that nothing is ...
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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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