Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance
by Samuel Smiles
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Contents
- Preface
- Introduction to the First Edition
- Chapter I. Self-Help—National and Individual
- Chapter II. Leaders of Industry—Inventors and Producers
- Chapter III. The Great Potters—Palissy, Böttgher, Wedgwood
- Chapter IV. Application and Perseverance
- Chapter V. Helps and Opportunities—Scientific Pursuits
- Chapter VI. Workers in Art
- Chapter VII. Industry and the Peerage
- Chapter VIII. Energy and Courage
- Chapter IX. Men of Business
- Chapter X. Money—Its Use and Abuse
- Chapter XI. Self-Culture—Facilities and Difficulties
- Chapter XII. Example—Models
- Chapter XIII. Character—The True Gentleman