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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Character (Esprios Classics)

Smiles, Samuel

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Publisher Price: $32.99

ISBN10: 1034289071
ISBN13: 9781034289074
Publisher: Blurb
Published: Jul 12 2026
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was a Scottish author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he 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 raised Smiles to celebrity status almost overnight. In 1837, he wrote articles for the Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle and the Leeds Times, campaigning for parliamentary reform. In November 1838, Smiles was invited to become the editor of the Leeds Times, a position he accepted and filled until 1842.

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