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 39
... race , the most satisfactory thing a man can do . When Cicero writes of the pleasures of old age , that of agriculture is chief among them To dig in the mellow soil - to dig mod- erately , for all pleasure should be taken sparingly - is ...
... race , the most satisfactory thing a man can do . When Cicero writes of the pleasures of old age , that of agriculture is chief among them To dig in the mellow soil - to dig mod- erately , for all pleasure should be taken sparingly - is ...
Page 40
... race , But only War with its wild , grinning face . God strike it till its eyes be blind as night , And all its members tremble with affright ! Oh , let it hear in its death agony The wail of mothers for their best- loved ones , Descend ...
... race , But only War with its wild , grinning face . God strike it till its eyes be blind as night , And all its members tremble with affright ! Oh , let it hear in its death agony The wail of mothers for their best- loved ones , Descend ...
Page 43
... race , in that they were and most of the suffering in the world . -Brand Whitlock . E beseech Thee , Lord , to behold us with favor , folk of many families and nations , gathered together in the peace of this roof ; weak men and women ...
... race , in that they were and most of the suffering in the world . -Brand Whitlock . E beseech Thee , Lord , to behold us with favor , folk of many families and nations , gathered together in the peace of this roof ; weak men and women ...
Page 44
... race , and political head of the whole of it , must be granted the possession of execu- tive abilities of the loftiest order . In his large presence the other popes and politicians shrink to midgets for the microscope . I would like to ...
... race , and political head of the whole of it , must be granted the possession of execu- tive abilities of the loftiest order . In his large presence the other popes and politicians shrink to midgets for the microscope . I would like to ...
Page 45
... race . white peace Nor is this all . There is also found in war a cold - hearted indifference to human miseries and wrongs , perhaps more shocking than the bad passions it calls forth . To my mind , this contempt of human nature is ...
... race . white peace Nor is this all . There is also found in war a cold - hearted indifference to human miseries and wrongs , perhaps more shocking than the bad passions it calls forth . To my mind , this contempt of human nature is ...
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