Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use, Volume 1A collection of more than seven hundred quotations from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. |
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Page 47
... desire of living . Those dan- gers which , in the vigor of youth , we had learned to despise , assume new terrors as we grow old . Our caution increasing as our years increase , fear becomes at last the pre- vailing passion of the mind ...
... desire of living . Those dan- gers which , in the vigor of youth , we had learned to despise , assume new terrors as we grow old . Our caution increasing as our years increase , fear becomes at last the pre- vailing passion of the mind ...
Page 48
... desire to do some- thing larger , which he knows that he was meant and made to do . -Phillips Brooks . He jests at scars that never felt a wound . -Shakespeare . E rejoined the Colors on Fri- day . On Monday Page 48 ELBERT HUBBARD'S.
... desire to do some- thing larger , which he knows that he was meant and made to do . -Phillips Brooks . He jests at scars that never felt a wound . -Shakespeare . E rejoined the Colors on Fri- day . On Monday Page 48 ELBERT HUBBARD'S.
Page 54
... desire to do so . I might preach through my actions , but my actions are bad . That which I say is not preaching ; it is only my attempt to find out the meaning and the signifi- cance of life . People often say to me , " If you think ...
... desire to do so . I might preach through my actions , but my actions are bad . That which I say is not preaching ; it is only my attempt to find out the meaning and the signifi- cance of life . People often say to me , " If you think ...
Page 64
... desire for the prosperity and happiness of all of them ; it is kindly and considerate judg- ment toward all of them . The first duty of popular self - government is individual self - control . The essential condition of true progress is ...
... desire for the prosperity and happiness of all of them ; it is kindly and considerate judg- ment toward all of them . The first duty of popular self - government is individual self - control . The essential condition of true progress is ...
Page 77
... desire . The miller looks to his millrace ; the engineer replenishes his coalbin ; the sailor regards the quarter of the wind ; so must we people who have more impor- tant concerns on hand look for the carry- ing out of them to the ...
... desire . The miller looks to his millrace ; the engineer replenishes his coalbin ; the sailor regards the quarter of the wind ; so must we people who have more impor- tant concerns on hand look for the carry- ing out of them to the ...
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