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Notebook of Elbert Hubbard
Hubbard was a man of genius in business, art, literature, and philosophy. He was an idealist, dreamer, orator, and scientist. His work was to emancipate men and women from being slaves to useless customs, outgrown mental habits, religious customs, laws, and superstitions. This is a collection of his penetrating wisdom.
- GenresPhilosophySpirituality
Hardcover
First published January 1, 1927
About the author
Elbert Hubbard
2,457 books379 followersElbert Green Hubbard was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He was an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement and is, perhaps, most famous for his essay A Message to Garcia.
Also known as Fra Elbert Green, for the magazine he edited, Fra.
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Also known as Fra Elbert Green, for the magazine he edited, Fra.
from http://freepages.history.rootsweb.anc...
For a more detailed look at this life, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_H...
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November 5, 2012
I picked this up on the "Old and Quaint" table at a used book sale. I have found that Hubbard says a great many things I agree with and still manages to entertain even when I think his statements are a bit off the mark. I've found a lot of inspiring and even downright humourous tidbits in this book.
April 8, 2015
Elbert Hubbard was probably the most famous American who died when the Lusitania was torpedoed in May of 1915. He was the founder of the Roycrofters community, and publisher of The Philistine magazine. Hubbard imported the ideas, art and philosophy of William Morris and the English Arts & Crafts movement onto American soil. He was a freethinker, a craftsman, a horseman, a philosopher, and a writer. His essays cover many different topics, and most chillingly, one of them is about the Titanic. Hubbard, like Morris, was a devotee of arts & crafts verses crass industrialism of the coming 20th century. He saw the danger of men and women being reduced to cogs in an industrial machine, the rise of advertising and the modern mass media-encouraging people to spend their time and resources on stupid, worthless and trivial goods that would prove meaningless over time. He believed strongly that head and hands should be united. A philosopher and writer should also be a planter, craftsman or workman who used his hands as much as his head. He wrote several books, and imitated Tolstoy's "Calendar of Wisdom" in which he tried to compile the wisest sayings from sages of the past. Much of his material is worth reading.
February 9, 2023
I acquired this lovely, old tome for a pittance at a yard sale. I was attracted by the bold illuminated text and the old-style font. As an artist, I often like to incorporate pages from vintage books and I adore using attractive-looking quotes in some pieces. This book, however, will not be enshrined in an art project. It will happily-ever-after among the other cherished books in my collection. Reading Hubbard's reflections on how to live is edifying and reflect on an era when the world seemed (in retrospect) more simple.
May 6, 2022
What an inspired and energetic Man
Love his poems, epigraphs, and distilled prose.
This is not a novel, or book to be read from front to back.
These are some timeless thoughts from Literature, Poetry, Religion, and Art from all around the world.
Some Great thoughts from some timeless sources
Old Books are the best........
Love his poems, epigraphs, and distilled prose.
This is not a novel, or book to be read from front to back.
These are some timeless thoughts from Literature, Poetry, Religion, and Art from all around the world.
Some Great thoughts from some timeless sources
Old Books are the best........
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