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Elbert Hubbard was a 19th-century American writer and philosopher. Elbert Green Hubbard was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it

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