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Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance — Samuel Smiles

Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance

Samuel Smiles

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 339 pages

A collection of essays on self-help, perseverance, and character, illustrated with anecdotes about inventors, engineers, and other figures. Samuel Smiles argues that steady effort and good conduct matter more than genius or luck. It is worth listening to for its encouraging lessons in diligence and personal responsibility.

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SELF HELP
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF
CONDUCT AND PERSEVERANCE.
BΏ SAMUEL SMILES, LL.D.,
AUTHOR OF “LIVES OF THE ENGINEERS,” ETC.
“This above all,—To thine own self be true;
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Then canst not then be false to any man.”
SƒĵƫŧǪǙŧĵǡŧ.
“Might I give counsel to any young man, I would say
to him, try
to frequent the company of your betters. In books and
in life,
that is the most wholesome society; learn to admire
rightly; the
great pleasure of life is that. Note what great men
admired;
they admired great things; narrow spirits admire
basely and
worship meanly.”—W. M. TƒĵŕƫŧǡĵΏ.
POPULAR EDITION.

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Contents

  1. SELF HELP WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF CONDUCT AND PERSEVERANCE.
  2. PREFACE.
  3. INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION.
  4. CONTENTS.
  5. CHAPTER I. Self-Help—National and Individual.
  6. CHAPTER II. Leaders of Industry—Inventors and Producers.
  7. CHAPTER III. The Great Potters—Palissy, Böttgher, Wedgwood.
  8. CHAPTER IV. Application and Perseverance.
  9. CHAPTER V. Helps and Opportunities—Scientific Pursuits.
  10. CHAPTER VI. Workers in Art.
  11. CHAPTER VII. Industry and the Peerage.
  12. CHAPTER VIII. Energy and Courage.
  13. CHAPTER IX. Men of Business.
  14. CHAPTER X. Money—Its Use and Abuse.
  15. CHAPTER XI. Self-Culture—Facilities and Difficulties.
  16. CHAPTER XII. Example—Models.
  17. CHAPTER XIII. Character—The True Gentleman.
  18. FOOTNOTES
  19. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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