An American BibleAlice Hubbard The Roycrofters, 1912 - 328 pages A collection of quotations from Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, Robert Ingersoll, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Elbert Hubbard |
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Page 206
... genius deserts him ; no muse befriends ; no invention , no hope o do We crave a sense of reality , though it come in strokes of pain RUST thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place the divine Providence has ...
... genius deserts him ; no muse befriends ; no invention , no hope o do We crave a sense of reality , though it come in strokes of pain RUST thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place the divine Providence has ...
Page 243
... genius contracts itself to a very few hours NEVER cek . The spirit of the world , the great EVER can any advantage be taken of Nature calm presence of the Creator , comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine The sublime vision ...
... genius contracts itself to a very few hours NEVER cek . The spirit of the world , the great EVER can any advantage be taken of Nature calm presence of the Creator , comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine The sublime vision ...
Page 247
... genius is the only liberating influence . Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise , and wherever the vein of thought reaches down into the profound , there is no danger from vanity . New actions are the only apologies and ...
... genius is the only liberating influence . Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise , and wherever the vein of thought reaches down into the profound , there is no danger from vanity . New actions are the only apologies and ...
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