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The Autobiography of Samuel Smiles
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduct
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468 pages
Published
January 1st 2007
by Kessinger Publishing
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A brilliant insight into the story of the man who documented the success of so many innovators of the industrial revolution.
Interestingly Smiles considered that he didn't achieve any great contribution to the world throughout the writing of this book, missing in fact how much he communicated on the subject of success for not only his generation but for future readers too.
Grab a copy of the original late 1800s book on ebay if you can, the original is still the best, I'm not keen on reprints, I'd ...more
Interestingly Smiles considered that he didn't achieve any great contribution to the world throughout the writing of this book, missing in fact how much he communicated on the subject of success for not only his generation but for future readers too.
Grab a copy of the original late 1800s book on ebay if you can, the original is still the best, I'm not keen on reprints, I'd ...more
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Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904), was a Scottish author and government reformer, who campaigned on a Chartist platform. But he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His masterpiece, Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits, while also attacking materialism and laissez-faire governm
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