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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... law Unto the soul of pure delights . The stars come nightly to the sky , The tidal wave unto the sea ; Nor time nor space , nor deep nor high , Can keep my own away from me . " Waiting , " by John Burroughs HAT moods , what passions ...
... law Unto the soul of pure delights . The stars come nightly to the sky , The tidal wave unto the sea ; Nor time nor space , nor deep nor high , Can keep my own away from me . " Waiting , " by John Burroughs HAT moods , what passions ...
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... laws stand today opposed : one a law of blood and death , which , inventing daily new means of combat , obliges the nations to be ever prepared for battle ; the other a law of peace , of labor , of salvation , which strives to deliver ...
... laws stand today opposed : one a law of blood and death , which , inventing daily new means of combat , obliges the nations to be ever prepared for battle ; the other a law of peace , of labor , of salvation , which strives to deliver ...
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... law of nature ? Is it to know that my security and that of my family , all my amusements and pleasures , are purchased at the expense of misery , deprivation , and suffering to thousands of human beings - by the terror of the gallows ...
... law of nature ? Is it to know that my security and that of my family , all my amusements and pleasures , are purchased at the expense of misery , deprivation , and suffering to thousands of human beings - by the terror of the gallows ...
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... to individuals — but it is the law to which we must conform social institutions and national policy , if we would secure the blessings and abundance of peace . - Henry George . L OOKING more and more more like an orchid ,
... to individuals — but it is the law to which we must conform social institutions and national policy , if we would secure the blessings and abundance of peace . - Henry George . L OOKING more and more more like an orchid ,
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... laws of my being; for stinging whips of hunger and cold that urge to bitter strivings and glorious achievement; for steepness and roughness of the way and staunch virtues gained by climbing over jagged rocks of hardship and stumbling ...
... laws of my being; for stinging whips of hunger and cold that urge to bitter strivings and glorious achievement; for steepness and roughness of the way and staunch virtues gained by climbing over jagged rocks of hardship and stumbling ...
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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