This is a self help book focusing on developing character within ones self. Most of what Smiles writes about is still very relevant to today's character building. This is a great book that deals with lots of aspects in life. Samuel Smiles puts all his knowledge and wisdom in this book in which you feel you are reading "books" not one book. His arguments about the rise and fall of societies are impressive. He shows a deep understanding about the human being which gives his book a soul that will not die. "Character" will help you not only become a better person, but recognize the traits of...

I have had pleasure in editing this little book, not only because it is the work of my youngest son, but also because it contains the results of a good deal of experience of life under novel aspects, as seen by young, fresh, and observant eyes.How the book came to be written is as follows: The boy, whose two years' narrative forms the subject of these pages, was at the age of sixteen seized with inflammation of the lungs, from which he was recovering so slowly and unsatisfactorily, that I was advised by London physicians to take him from the business he was then learning in Yorkshire, and...

The results of the working of railways have been in many respects different from those anticipated by their projectors. One of the most unexpected has been the growth of an immense passenger-traffic. The Stockton and Darlington line was projected as a coal line only, and the Liverpool and Manchester as a merchandise line. Passengers were not taken into account as a source of revenue, for at the time of their projection, it was not believed that people would trust themselves to be drawn upon a railway by an -explosive machine, - as the locomotive was described to be. Indeed, a writer of...

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The whole self-help genre got its name from this book, published back in 1859.The milestone book is a string of biographies of high achieving people, like Newton, James Watt, Adam Smith, etc. Samuel Smiles has written a 'Gospel of success' for People which truly is timeless. Explaining the qualities which are the true glories of human character and success, he has given you one of the most important self-help books.

This book highlights the remarkable features in life which are "wisdom"...

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This is a self help book focusing on developing character within ones self. Most of what Smiles writes about is still very relevant to today's character building. This is a great book that deals with lots of aspects in life. Samuel Smiles puts all his knowledge and wisdom in this book in which you feel you are reading "books" not one book. His arguments about the rise and fall of societies are impressive. He shows a deep understanding about the human being which gives his book a soul that...