Maturin M. Ballou 
Treasury of Thought [PDF ebook] 
Forming an Encyclopaedia of Quotations From Ancient and Modern Authors

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The incipient steps in this direction were the natural ones of a thought ful reader, such as turned-down leaves and marginal notes, until a curiosity to compare the refined thought of one favorite author or classic authority with that of another upon the same theme led to a series of pencilled extracts upon various cardinal subjects. Mental research was thus gradually stimulated to collect from the Shores of literature such golden sands as, from their brilliancy and Suggestiveness, dazzled both the sense and the im agination.