Self Help with Illustrations of Character, Conduct and Perseverance

Self Help with Illustrations of Character, Conduct and Perseverance is a self-help book written by Samuel Smiles. The book is a collection of stories and anecdotes that aim to inspire and motivate readers to improve themselves and their lives. The book emphasizes the importance of character, conduct, and perseverance in achieving success and happiness.The book is divided into several chapters, each focusing on a specific aspect of self-improvement. The first chapter discusses the importance of self-help and the power of determination. The subsequent chapters explore the virtues of industry, thrift, and perseverance, and provide examples of individuals who have succeeded in life through these virtues.The book also includes illustrations of famous people who have achieved success through hard work and perseverance, including Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Edison. These illustrations serve as examples of the power of character and conduct in achieving success.Overall, Self Help with Illustrations of Character, Conduct and Perseverance is a timeless self-help book that provides practical advice and inspiration for anyone looking to improve themselves and achieve their goals.From the Introduction: The origin of this book may be briefly told. Some fifteen years since, the author was requested to deliver an address before the members of some evening classes, which had been formed in a northern town for mutual improvement, under the following circumstances: Two or three young men of the humblest rank resolved to meet in the winter evenings, for the purpose of improving themselves by exchanging knowledge with each other...Contents: Self-Help- National and Individual; Leaders of Industry-Inventors and Producers; Three Great Potters-Palissy, Bottgher, Wedgwood; Application and Perseverance; Helps and Opportunities-Scientific Pursuits; Workers in Art; Industry and the Peerage; Energy and Courage; Men of Business; Money-Its Use and Abuse; Self-Culture-Facilities and Difficulties; Example-Models; and Character-The True Gentleman. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.