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Preface and Introduction
14:14
Ch I. Self-Help - National and Individual, Part 1
30:10
Ch I. Self-Help - National and Individual, Part 2
31:21
Ch II. Leaders of Industry - Inventors and Producers, Part 1
31:13
Ch II. Leaders of Industry - Inventors and Producers, Part 2
30:38
Ch II. Leaders of Industry - Inventors and Producers, Part 3
35:09
Ch III. The Great Potters - Palissy, Böttgher, Wedgwood, Part 1
26:45
Ch III. The Great Potters - Palissy, Böttgher, Wedgwood, Part 2
26:58
Ch IV. Application and Perseverance, Part 1
21:10
Ch IV. Application and Perseverance, Part 2
26:57
Ch V. Helps and Opportunities - Scientific Pursuits, Part 1
28:40
Ch V. Helps and Opportunities - Scientific Pursuits, Part 2
32:17
Ch V. Helps and Opportunities - Scientific Pursuits, Part 3
28:18
Ch VI. Workers in Art, Part 1
22:29
Ch VI. Workers in Art, Part 2
28:22
Ch VI. Workers in Art, Part 3
22:55
Ch VI. Workers in Art, Part 4
24:41
Ch VII. Industry and the Peerage, Part 1
21:06
Ch VII. Industry and the Peerage, Part 2
19:57
Ch VIII. Energy and Courage, Part 1
31:33
Ch VIII. Energy and Courage, Part 2
22:51
Ch VIII. Energy and Courage, Part 3
17:26
Ch VIII. Energy and Courage, Part 4
17:20
Ch IX. Men of Business, Part 1
27:04
Ch IX. Men of Business, Part 2
31:20
Ch X. Money - Its Use and Abuse, Part 1
28:20
Ch X. Money - Its Use and Abuse, Part 2
29:06
Ch XI. Self-Culture - Facilities and Difficulties, Part 1
24:28
Ch XI. Self-Culture - Facilities and Difficulties, Part 2
23:03
Ch XI. Self-Culture - Facilities and Difficulties, Part 3
22:11
Ch XI. Self-Culture - Facilities and Difficulties, Part 4
21:30
Ch XII. Example - Models, Part 1
25:54
Ch XII. Example - Models, Part 2
16:23
Ch XIII. Character - The True Gentleman, Part 1
31:55
Ch XIII. Character - The True Gentleman, Part 2
30:32

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A group of workers teaching one another in evening classes gives Samuel Smiles his opening example of personal improvement. Their meetings move from a cottage to a garden and then to a rented room as attendance grows. Drawing on this shared effort, Smiles gathers anecdotes about learning, work and character. His advice stresses patient application and independent effort, while connecting individual progress with responsibility toward other people.

The discussion gives failure a place in education, treating setbacks as opportunities to develop judgment and persistence. In the account of Richard Foley, a nail maker travels to Sweden to study ironworking machinery, then returns to England with plans that initially disappoint. Workshop problems make the argument about perseverance concrete. Readers interested in the history of moral education can examine how Smiles uses working lives to explain duty, ambition and useful knowledge. His stated measure of achievement includes both the purpose pursued and the effort devoted to it.

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Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles (1812 to 1904) was a Scottish author and reformer, best known for Self-Help, the hugely influential Victorian guide to character and perseverance. He also wrote biographies of engineers and studies of social and industrial history.

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Author: Samuel Smiles
Genre: Victorian Literature
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Audio read by: Wayne Cooke, dqtcat, Sonrisa Jones and others

Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance

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Preface and Introduction

Ch I. Self-Help - National and Individual, Part 1

Ch I. Self-Help - National and Individual, Part 2

Ch II. Leaders of Industry - Inventors and Producers, Part 1

Ch II. Leaders of Industry - Inventors and Producers, Part 2

Ch II. Leaders of Industry - Inventors and Producers, Part 3

Ch III. The Great Potters - Palissy, Böttgher, Wedgwood, Part 1

Ch III. The Great Potters - Palissy, Böttgher, Wedgwood, Part 2

Ch IV. Application and Perseverance, Part 1

Ch IV. Application and Perseverance, Part 2

Ch V. Helps and Opportunities - Scientific Pursuits, Part 1

Ch V. Helps and Opportunities - Scientific Pursuits, Part 2

Ch V. Helps and Opportunities - Scientific Pursuits, Part 3

Ch VI. Workers in Art, Part 1

Ch VI. Workers in Art, Part 2

Ch VI. Workers in Art, Part 3

Ch VI. Workers in Art, Part 4

Ch VII. Industry and the Peerage, Part 1

Ch VII. Industry and the Peerage, Part 2

Ch VIII. Energy and Courage, Part 1

Ch VIII. Energy and Courage, Part 2

Ch VIII. Energy and Courage, Part 3

Ch VIII. Energy and Courage, Part 4

Ch IX. Men of Business, Part 1

Ch IX. Men of Business, Part 2

Ch X. Money - Its Use and Abuse, Part 1

Ch X. Money - Its Use and Abuse, Part 2

Ch XI. Self-Culture - Facilities and Difficulties, Part 1

Ch XI. Self-Culture - Facilities and Difficulties, Part 2

Ch XI. Self-Culture - Facilities and Difficulties, Part 3

Ch XI. Self-Culture - Facilities and Difficulties, Part 4

Ch XII. Example - Models, Part 1

Ch XII. Example - Models, Part 2

Ch XIII. Character - The True Gentleman, Part 1

Ch XIII. Character - The True Gentleman, Part 2

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