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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... darkness had been filled with the light of intelligence, and, behold, the outer daylit world was stumbling and gropinginsocial blindness. At first Iwas most unhappy;but deeper study restored my confidence By learning the sufferings and ...
... darkness had been filled with the light of intelligence, and, behold, the outer daylit world was stumbling and gropinginsocial blindness. At first Iwas most unhappy;but deeper study restored my confidence By learning the sufferings and ...
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... For twilight swallows on the wing, For all that nest and all that sing,— For fountains cool that laugh and leap, For rivers runningtothe deep, For happy, careforgetting sleep,— T T A For stars that pierce the sombre dark,. I ...
... For twilight swallows on the wing, For all that nest and all that sing,— For fountains cool that laugh and leap, For rivers runningtothe deep, For happy, careforgetting sleep,— T T A For stars that pierce the sombre dark,. I ...
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... dark, For morn, awaking with thelark, For life newstirring'neath the bark,— For sunshine and the blessed rain, For budding grove and blossomy lane, For thesweet silence of theplain,— For bounty springing from the sod, For everystep ...
... dark, For morn, awaking with thelark, For life newstirring'neath the bark,— For sunshine and the blessed rain, For budding grove and blossomy lane, For thesweet silence of theplain,— For bounty springing from the sod, For everystep ...
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... dark as muchofit is,tocheck the belief that man willat last be overcome by his highest ideals —David Swing. AM aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will beas harsh asTruth, and as ...
... dark as muchofit is,tocheck the belief that man willat last be overcome by his highest ideals —David Swing. AM aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will beas harsh asTruth, and as ...
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... dark and pathless sloughs of discouragement; forthe acid blight of failure thathas burned out of me allthoughtof easy victory and toughened my sinewsfor fiercer battles andgreater triumphs; for mistakes I have made, and the priceless ...
... dark and pathless sloughs of discouragement; forthe acid blight of failure thathas burned out of me allthoughtof easy victory and toughened my sinewsfor fiercer battles andgreater triumphs; for mistakes I have made, and the priceless ...
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