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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... sweet, familiar voice. All gone. Only the dismal cawing ofa crow, as he sits and curses that the harvest is over; or the chitchat of an idle squirrel, the noisy denizen ofa hollow tree, themendicantfriar of a large parish, the absolute ...
... sweet, familiar voice. All gone. Only the dismal cawing ofa crow, as he sits and curses that the harvest is over; or the chitchat of an idle squirrel, the noisy denizen ofa hollow tree, themendicantfriar of a large parish, the absolute ...
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... sweet The sound along the marching street Of forget drum or fife,and I Broken oldmothers, and the whole Dark butchering without a soul. Withouta soul—save this bright treat Of heady music, sweet as hell; I And even my peaceabiding feet ...
... sweet The sound along the marching street Of forget drum or fife,and I Broken oldmothers, and the whole Dark butchering without a soul. Withouta soul—save this bright treat Of heady music, sweet as hell; I And even my peaceabiding feet ...
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... sweet music to him and give him abundanceof good advice. Yes, we will do almost anything forthe poor man, anything but get off his back.—Leo Tolstoy. F you succeed in life, you must do it in spite of the efforts of othersto pull you ...
... sweet music to him and give him abundanceof good advice. Yes, we will do almost anything forthe poor man, anything but get off his back.—Leo Tolstoy. F you succeed in life, you must do it in spite of the efforts of othersto pull you ...
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... sweet and soft, do their blending; white rocks stand spectral; turrets of rock shoot up as crimson asthough they were drenched with blood It isas ifthe most glorious sunset you ever saw had been caught and helduponthat resplendent ...
... sweet and soft, do their blending; white rocks stand spectral; turrets of rock shoot up as crimson asthough they were drenched with blood It isas ifthe most glorious sunset you ever saw had been caught and helduponthat resplendent ...
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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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