Samuel Smiles
1) Self Help
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English
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Self Help was published in 1859 by Samuel Smiles. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism". Self Help sold 20,000 copies within one year of its publication. By the time of Smiles' death in 1904 it had sold over a quarter of a million. Self-Help "elevated Smiles to celebrity status: almost overnight, he became a leading pundit and much-consulted guru.
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English
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Samuel Smiles was a Scottish author and government reformer, but he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. He wrote popular articles and books on his theories; ways people could help themselves overcome their problems. His book "Self-Help" brought him to celebrity status: almost overnight, he became a leading pundit and much-consulted guru. "Happy Homes" focuses on ways and reasons to be thrifty, how to find...
3) Ayudate
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Español
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Los orígenes de su libro más famoso, Self-Help, se encuentran en un discurso que dio en marzo de 1845 en respuesta a una petición de una Sociedad de Mejoramiento Mutuo. La recién fundada editorial Routledge se rehusó a publicar Self-Help en 1855. Veinte años después, Smiles estaba sentado enseguida de George Routledge en una cena, y le dijo: “¿Y cuando, Dr. Smiles, vamos a tener el honor de publicar uno de sus libros?”, a lo que Smiles...