Samuel Smiles

Portrait by Sir [[George Reid (Scottish artist)|George Reid]], 1877 Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His primary work, ''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 had lasting effects on British political thought. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Author: Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904
    Published 1868
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    The Huguenots: their settlements, churches, and industries in England and Ireland
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    Author: Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904
    Published 1858
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    The life of George Stephenson, railway engineer /
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    Author: Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904
    Published 1986
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    Self-help, with illustrations of conduct and perseverance by Samuel Smiles
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    Author: Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904
    Published 1891
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    A publisher and his friends : Memoir and correspondence of the late John Murray, with an account of the origin and progress of the house, 1768-1843
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    Author: Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904
    Published 1867
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    The Huguenots : their settlements, churches and industries in England and Ireland
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    Author: Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904
    Published 1869
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    The Huguenots : their settlements, churches, and industries in England and Ireland
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    Author: Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904
    Published 1874
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    The Huguenots in France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes : with a visit to the country of the Vaudois /
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    Povinnosť : úvahy o odvahe, trapezlivosti a vytrvalosti /
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    A genealogical and biographical record of the Savery families (Savory and Savary) and of the Severy family (Severit, Savery, Savory and Savary) descended from early immigrants to New England and Philadelphia, with introductory articles on the origin and history of the names A detailed sketch of the life and labors of William Savery, minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends; and appendixes containing an account of Savery's invention of the steam engine

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