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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What matter if I stand alone? I wait with joy the coming years: where ithas My heart shall reap sown, And garner up the fruit of tears. The waters know their own, and draw The brook that springs in yonder heights.
What matter if I stand alone? I wait with joy the coming years: where ithas My heart shall reap sown, And garner up the fruit of tears. The waters know their own, and draw The brook that springs in yonder heights.
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What is the matter with the poor is Poverty. What is the matter with the Rich is Uselessness.—George Bernard Shaw. Who shall put his finger on the work of justice and say, “It is there”? Justice is like the kingdom of God: it is not ...
What is the matter with the poor is Poverty. What is the matter with the Rich is Uselessness.—George Bernard Shaw. Who shall put his finger on the work of justice and say, “It is there”? Justice is like the kingdom of God: it is not ...
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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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... don't matter whether it's streetcar conductors or lacemakers, whether it's Eyetalians or Polacks or Jews or Americans, whether it's here or in Chicago—it's my People—the People in Bondage who are starting out for the Promised Land.
... don't matter whether it's streetcar conductors or lacemakers, whether it's Eyetalians or Polacks or Jews or Americans, whether it's here or in Chicago—it's my People—the People in Bondage who are starting out for the Promised Land.
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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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