Self Help & Duty (Timeless Wisdom Collection)

by Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904), was a Scottish author and government reformer who 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 government. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism", and it raised Smiles to celebrity status almost overnight...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1533649707
• ISBN13: 9781533649706
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 510 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"