Little
Journeys
To the Homes of Great Teachers
Elbert Hubbard
Memorial Edition
Printed and made into a Book by
The Roycrofters, who are in East
Huron, Erie County, New York
Wm. H. Wise & Co.
New York
Copyright, 1916,
By The Roycrofters
CONTENTS
| MOSES |
| CONFUCIUS |
| PYTHAGORAS |
| PLATO |
| KING ALFRED |
| ERASMUS |
| BOOKER T. WASHINGTON |
| THOMAS ARNOLD |
| FRIEDRICH FROEBEL |
| HYPATIA |
| SAINT BENEDICT |
| MARY BAKER EDDY |
Little Journeys
To the Homes
of
Great Teachers
MOSES
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thousay unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. And Godsaid, moreover, unto Moses: Thus shalt thou say unto the children ofIsrael, The Lord God of your Fathers, the God of Abraham, the God ofIsaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my nameforever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
—Exodus iii: 14, 15
MOSES
oses was the world's first great teacher. He is still one of theworld's great teachers. Seven million people yet look to his laws forspecial daily guidance, and more than two hundred millions read hisbooks and regard them as Holy Writ. And these people as a class are ofthe best and most enlightened who live now or who have ever lived.
Moses did not teach of a life after this—he gives no hint ofimmortality—all of his rewards and punishments refer to the present. Ifthere is a heaven for the good