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Book · 1800 · Conduct of life

Self-help

by Samuel Smiles · Recommended by 1 person on 1 podcast

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Samuel Smiles was so inspired by the perseverance of Carlisle that he set about to explore this idea of perseverance and he smiles ended up writing a book that he went on to call self-help which was published in 1859 and it became a bestseller.
Stephen Dubner · No Stupid Questions · Jan 2021 Listen at 32:28

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“do you know the book self-help which I believe was the origin of the phrase have you ever come across that book by Samuel's Smiles like literally called self-help”
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“Samuel Smiles was so inspired by the perseverance of Carlisle that he set about to explore this idea of perseverance and he smiles ended up writing a book that he went on to call self-help which was published in 1859 and it became a bestseller”

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