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Self-Help & Philosophy
Self-Help
Samuel Smiles

Self-Help

Samuel Smiles
💼 Non-fiction🧠 Self-Help & Philosophy
492 episodes · full original text

Potters, inventors, painters and engineers who started with nothing: Smiles's case for perseverance, character and hard work, the original self-help bestseller.

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Self-Help—National and Individual

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Leaders of Industry—Inventors and Producers

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The Great Potters—Palissy, Böttgher, Wedgwood

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Application and Perseverance

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Helps and Opportunities—Scientific Pursuits

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Workers in Art

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Industry and the Peerage

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Energy and Courage

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Men of Business

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Money—Its Use and Abuse

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Self-Culture—Facilities and Difficulties

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Example—Models

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Character—the True Gentleman

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