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 55
... tell where the ray of a star leaves off and the kiss of an ordinary thought begins . It means that each day will reveal to us a new beauty in that mysterious angel , and that we shall walk together in a goodness that shall ever become ...
... tell where the ray of a star leaves off and the kiss of an ordinary thought begins . It means that each day will reveal to us a new beauty in that mysterious angel , and that we shall walk together in a goodness that shall ever become ...
Page 58
... tell the stories of peace and war alike . I make the human heart beat with passion or ten- derness . I stir the pulse of nations , and make brave men do braver deeds , and soldiers die . I inspire the midnight toiler , weary at his loom ...
... tell the stories of peace and war alike . I make the human heart beat with passion or ten- derness . I stir the pulse of nations , and make brave men do braver deeds , and soldiers die . I inspire the midnight toiler , weary at his loom ...
Page 82
... tell you that thrift of time will repay you in after - life , with a usury of profit beyond your most sanguine dreams ; and that waste of it will make you dwindle alike in intellectual and moral stature , beyond your darkest reckoning ...
... tell you that thrift of time will repay you in after - life , with a usury of profit beyond your most sanguine dreams ; and that waste of it will make you dwindle alike in intellectual and moral stature , beyond your darkest reckoning ...
Page 83
... tell how scenes of peace and quietude sink into the minds of pain- worn dwellers in close and noisy places , and carry their own freshness deep into their jaded hearts ? Men who have lived in crowded , pent - up streets , through whole ...
... tell how scenes of peace and quietude sink into the minds of pain- worn dwellers in close and noisy places , and carry their own freshness deep into their jaded hearts ? Men who have lived in crowded , pent - up streets , through whole ...
Page 90
... tell you mine , and I hope I shall find that our views are not very discrepant . Suppose it were perfectly certain ... telling him to do this and avoid that ; and by slow degrees the man would receive an education , which , if narrow ...
... tell you mine , and I hope I shall find that our views are not very discrepant . Suppose it were perfectly certain ... telling him to do this and avoid that ; and by slow degrees the man would receive an education , which , if narrow ...
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Abraham Lincoln beauty believe blood Correggio dark dead death delight divine dream earth Edwin Markham eternal evil eyes face father fear feel Finsteraarhorn flowers genius George Bernard Shaw George Eliot give glory hand happy head hear heart heaven Henry Ward Beecher honor hope hour human J. M. W. Turner labor Lady Hamilton Lamia laws liberty light live look Lord mankind Mary Baker Eddy matter means ment mind moral nation nature ness never night pain passions peace play pleasure Pontius Pilate poor race religion Robert Louis Stevenson seems slaves sleep sorrow soul speak spirit stand stars sweet tears tell things Thomas Paine thou thought thousand tion tree true truth virtue whole wind woman words youth Ꮽ Ꮽ