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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... passions, what nights of despair and gathering storms of anger, what sudden cruelties and amazing tendernesses are buried and hidden and implied in every love story! What awaste isthereof exquisite things! So each spring sees a million ...
... passions, what nights of despair and gathering storms of anger, what sudden cruelties and amazing tendernesses are buried and hidden and implied in every love story! What awaste isthereof exquisite things! So each spring sees a million ...
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... passions. This is atotally different phenomenon from the survivals of theape and tigerin thenormal man.The average normalman is covetous, lazy, selfish; butheis not malevolent, nor capable of saying tohimself, “Evil:be thou my good ...
... passions. This is atotally different phenomenon from the survivals of theape and tigerin thenormal man.The average normalman is covetous, lazy, selfish; butheis not malevolent, nor capable of saying tohimself, “Evil:be thou my good ...
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... passions that might have filled the world with shame. She remains, while creeds and civilizations rise and fall, the eternal priestess of humanity, blasted for the sins of the people.—William E. H. Lecky. N the Twentieth Century war ...
... passions that might have filled the world with shame. She remains, while creeds and civilizations rise and fall, the eternal priestess of humanity, blasted for the sins of the people.—William E. H. Lecky. N the Twentieth Century war ...
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... passions, to heal unworthy weakness; the rare medicine of Thy presence is for me, too, aswell asforthe cloistered monk or meditating scholar. Teach me to be great among the many who are content to be called great. Reveal to me the ...
... passions, to heal unworthy weakness; the rare medicine of Thy presence is for me, too, aswell asforthe cloistered monk or meditating scholar. Teach me to be great among the many who are content to be called great. Reveal to me the ...
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... passions and the power they give when under pressure and control; formy imperfections that give me the keen delight of striving toward perfection. God of common good and human brotherhood, I give Thee thanks for siren songs of ...
... passions and the power they give when under pressure and control; formy imperfections that give me the keen delight of striving toward perfection. God of common good and human brotherhood, I give Thee thanks for siren songs of ...
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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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