Product Description

A vast collection of more than seven hundred quotations meant to inspire genius, this scrapbook contains favored sayings of the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century essayist Elbert Hubbard.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #601584 in Books
• Published on: 1999-11-30
• Released on: 1999-11-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

From the Back Cover
A vast collection of more than seven hundred quotations meant to inspire genius, this scrapbook contains favored sayings of the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century essayist Elbert Hubbard. Here the words of history's and literature's greats from William Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, Marcus Aurelius, Charlotte Bronte, and Dante to Charles Dickens, Thomas Jefferson, Pythagoras, and Oscar Wilde meet. Originally published posthumously as a tribute to Hubbard, this compilation includes the musings of George Washington on jealousy, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley on love, Plato on man, and hundreds of others. The universe's most momentous questions about life and success, as well as love, humanity, nature, and war, unfold in memorable passages. Indexes by author, topic, and poem serve for easy reference.

About the Author
Hubbard spent much of his life carefully collecting quotes and passages of significance from history and literature. As he gathered these selections, he added them to his scrap book for his own personal inspiration. Yet, he never once conceived of the idea to publish what had served as spiritual nourishment for his own refreshment and pleasure.

Customer Reviews

1923 version of elbert hubbard's scrap book
I was given this book from my mother. My mother got the book from one of my fathers great aunts. It was published in 1923. I have yet to read the entire book after 5 years of owning it. The reason is you have to read certain passages and think of what they really meant.

I actually use this book to relax, when ever times are hard, and i need a change of pace. There are writtings from every great person that wrote or spoke up untill the time Mr. Hubbard died. This is a very inspirational reading. I recommend this book to everyone.

Wealth of Wisdom
This book I can't recommend enough. I've read every quote and excerpt in it (except poems) and I circled those that I found most profound. I'm yet to find the true significance of many of them. Sometimes I think that when I have to express my everyday opinion about something I could just use any of the quotes from that book and cite it instead of talking to people. I dunno know what else to say...maybe I should use one of the quotes: "The less people speak of their greatness the more we think of it." - Bacon.

Hubbard Street.
Forty years ago,while walking,in Chicago, I discovered that I had turned on to Hubbard street,and encountered a used book store, tended by a very strange, and extremely hostile couple,who very reluctantly, allowed me to walk out of their store, with an entire shelf of Fra Elberts books,in excellent condition.beautifully bound at his Roycrofters institute, in East Aurora; One of the books was "Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book",and it was worth far more than the price I paid for the entire lot;In fact,one item (About Chief Red Cloud) is priceless; I highly reccomend that everyone buy this book if only for that one essay,and if you can get it along with his "A Message To Garcia"by all means do so. The wisdom in those two items,is sorely needed today.