| Author: | Samuel Smiles | ISBN: | 9782291071198 |
| Publisher: | Publisher s24148 | Publication: | July 2, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Samuel Smiles |
| ISBN: | 9782291071198 |
| Publisher: | Publisher s24148 |
| Publication: | July 2, 2019 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a Scottish author and government reformer who campaigned on a Chartist platform. But 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 it raised Smiles to celebrity status almost overnight.
Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a Scottish author and government reformer who campaigned on a Chartist platform. But 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 it raised Smiles to celebrity status almost overnight.
