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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... true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Cæsar, no, nor of the kings or great personages of much can Tis the Indian summer. The rising sun blazes through the misty air like a conflagration. A yellowish, smoky haze fills the ...
... true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Cæsar, no, nor of the kings or great personages of much can Tis the Indian summer. The rising sun blazes through the misty air like a conflagration. A yellowish, smoky haze fills the ...
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... true moral abhor; War I do And yet how 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 ...
... true moral abhor; War I do And yet how 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 ...
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... true orator whois not also a hero.—John P. Altgeld. O. D. O one has success until he has the abounding life. This ... true spiritual sympathy.— Lillian Whiting. RATORY offers the acme of human delight; it offers the nectar sogood? Luka:—I ...
... true orator whois not also a hero.—John P. Altgeld. O. D. O one has success until he has the abounding life. This ... true spiritual sympathy.— Lillian Whiting. RATORY offers the acme of human delight; it offers the nectar sogood? Luka:—I ...
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... true, all right. But you see, my girl—there must be someone to be good. We must have pity on mankind. Christ, remember, had pity forus all and so taught us. Have pity when thereisstill time, believe me, that is right.I was once for ...
... true, all right. But you see, my girl—there must be someone to be good. We must have pity on mankind. Christ, remember, had pity forus all and so taught us. Have pity when thereisstill time, believe me, that is right.I was once for ...
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... true measure of a man is not in the darkest place orin the amen corner, nor the cornfield, but by his learn List tothat bird! His song—what poet pens it? Brigand of birds, he'sstolen every note! Prince though of thieves—hark! how the ...
... true measure of a man is not in the darkest place orin the amen corner, nor the cornfield, but by his learn List tothat bird! His song—what poet pens it? Brigand of birds, he'sstolen every note! Prince though of thieves—hark! how the ...
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