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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... person because of that simplicity of heart and that lovableness of nature that I learn from Thee. May Ialso touch the infinite and share the divine current that thrills allhigh souls. Save me from the bogs of pettiness, from egotism ...
... person because of that simplicity of heart and that lovableness of nature that I learn from Thee. May Ialso touch the infinite and share the divine current that thrills allhigh souls. Save me from the bogs of pettiness, from egotism ...
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... to the world the character of Washington, and ifour American institutions had done nothing else,thatalone would have entitledthem to the respect of mankind.—Daniel Webster. virtues of many persons in each one of these great.
... to the world the character of Washington, and ifour American institutions had done nothing else,thatalone would have entitledthem to the respect of mankind.—Daniel Webster. virtues of many persons in each one of these great.
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... persons in each one of these great and like stardust, they form a new and perfect star inthe expanse of thought. The orator that stands before usin our moments of reflection and dream is not Cicero, or Burke, or Webster, but always some ...
... persons in each one of these great and like stardust, they form a new and perfect star inthe expanse of thought. The orator that stands before usin our moments of reflection and dream is not Cicero, or Burke, or Webster, but always some ...
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... person who collects objects of amodest luxury has nothing about him so old as his books.If a waveof therod made everything around him disappear thatdid not exist a century ago, hewould suddenly find himselfwith one or two sticks of ...
... person who collects objects of amodest luxury has nothing about him so old as his books.If a waveof therod made everything around him disappear thatdid not exist a century ago, hewould suddenly find himselfwith one or two sticks 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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