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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... present , and it turns the face of ambition toward the delectable hills of achievement . One great speech made to an intelligent audience in favor of the rights of man will compensate for a life of labor , will crown a career with glory ...
... present , and it turns the face of ambition toward the delectable hills of achievement . One great speech made to an intelligent audience in favor of the rights of man will compensate for a life of labor , will crown a career with glory ...
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... present audience of the angels than I hope to have when I play my part upon the mimic stage . Ever , in all junctures , in hours of lightness as in stress or trial , God of my soul , help me to play the man . Amen ! - " The Actor's ...
... present audience of the angels than I hope to have when I play my part upon the mimic stage . Ever , in all junctures , in hours of lightness as in stress or trial , God of my soul , help me to play the man . Amen ! - " The Actor's ...
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... ( Clarke ) Hayes HE present position which we , the educated and well - to - do classes , occupy , is that of the Old Man of the Sea , riding on the poor man's back ; only , unlike the Old Man of the Sea , we are very sorry.
... ( Clarke ) Hayes HE present position which we , the educated and well - to - do classes , occupy , is that of the Old Man of the Sea , riding on the poor man's back ; only , unlike the Old Man of the Sea , we are very sorry.
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... present human nature is capable ? Why , living on a farm which is one's own , far from the hectic , artificial conditions of the city - a farm where one gets directly from one's own soil what one needs to sustain life , with a garden in ...
... present human nature is capable ? Why , living on a farm which is one's own , far from the hectic , artificial conditions of the city - a farm where one gets directly from one's own soil what one needs to sustain life , with a garden in ...
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... present . I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard . The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection ...
... present . I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard . The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection ...
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Abraham Lincoln battle of Waterloo beauty become believe blood Correggio dark dead death delight discommend divine dream earth Edgar Lee Masters eternal evil eyes face fear feel Finsteraarhorn flowers friends genius George Eliot give glory grow hand happy head hear heart heaven honor hope hour human J. M. W. Turner Jungfrau labor Lady Hamilton Lamia laws liberty light live look Lord Lord Byron mankind Marsouins matter means mind moral nation nature never night ourselves pain passions peace play pleasure Pontius Pilate poor race religion Rembrandt remember Robert Louis Stevenson seems slaves sleep sorrow soul speak spirit stand stars Stevenson Superman sweet tears tell things thou thought thousand tree true truth virtue Vitellius whole wish words youth