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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... less than he? It wouldbe not only uncivil but untrue. Said Themistocles, “You see that boy of mine? Though but five, he governs the universe. Yes, for he rules his mother, his mother rules me, I rule Athens and Athens the world.” After ...
... less than he? It wouldbe not only uncivil but untrue. Said Themistocles, “You see that boy of mine? Though but five, he governs the universe. Yes, for he rules his mother, his mother rules me, I rule Athens and Athens the world.” After ...
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... less, to make upon the whole a family happier forhis presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to beembittered, to keep afew friends, but these without capitulation; aboveall, on the same condition, to keep friends with ...
... less, to make upon the whole a family happier forhis presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to beembittered, to keep afew friends, but these without capitulation; aboveall, on the same condition, to keep friends with ...
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... all. Should we, her wiser sons, be less content To sink into her lap when life is spent? “Leaf After Leaf Drops Off,” by Walter Savage Landor I M T T is a curious reflection that the. the things that we want but do not need; we ...
... all. Should we, her wiser sons, be less content To sink into her lap when life is spent? “Leaf After Leaf Drops Off,” by Walter Savage Landor I M T T is a curious reflection that the. the things that we want but do not need; we ...
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... less than one hundred feet where it takes the plunge. The shelf of rock over which it leapsis absolutely level. The water seems to wait a moment on its verge, then it passes with a single bound, three hundred and fifty feet below. With ...
... less than one hundred feet where it takes the plunge. The shelf of rock over which it leapsis absolutely level. The water seems to wait a moment on its verge, then it passes with a single bound, three hundred and fifty feet below. With ...
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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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