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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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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

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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