But he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. Self help by smiles, samuel and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Self help by samuel smiles full text free book full text archive. British writer, political reformer, and moralist samuel smiles 18121904 trained as a doctor but found fame as a journalist, contributing to several british newspapers and serving as editor of the leeds times from 1838 to 1845. Sometimes he preferred the role of coleridgian philosopher who was broadly concerned with human culture and, within the context it provided, with moral regeneration. Samuel smiles selfhelp national and individual only be effected by means of individual action, economy, and selfdenial.
Self help sold 20,000 copies within one year of its publication. Samuel smiles 23 december 1812 16 april 1904 was a scottish author and government reformer. An early work in the self help genre, the work contains discussions of personal virtues and character, and examples of the lives of successful people of history up to the 19th century. These books can take me from 2 to 10 hours to create. One of 11 children left fatherless in 1832, smiles learned the. Samuel smiles self help 1859 excerpts from the original electronic text 1882 edition at the modern history sourcebook. This vintage book examines a number of ghost stories and. Selfhelp by samuel smiles cambridge university press. The project gutenberg ebook, selfhelp, by samuel smiles this ebook is for. Samuel smiles books list of books by author samuel smiles. Help1 by samuel smiles preface 1866 in one respect the title of the book, which it is now too late to alter, has proved unfortunate, as it has led some, who have judged it merely by the title, to suppose that it consists of a eulogy of selfishness. Samuel smiles on the origin of selfhelp books and arts. The government of a nation itself is usually found to be but the re.
Self help, samuel smiles samuel smiles 23 december 1812 16 april 1904, was a scottish author and government reformer who campaigned on a chartist platform. Selfhelp was the first book by reformist scottish journalist samuel smiles. Apr 12, 2020 samuel smiles, scottish author best known for his didactic work selfhelp 1859, which, with its successors, character 1871, thrift 1875, and duty 1880, enshrined the basic victorian values associated with the gospel of work. Although he campaigned on a chartist platform, he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws.
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