... He also received encouragement from the words of Robert Bruce who said "if at first you don"t succeed, try, try, try again." 5 From these thoughts he accumulated the ideas which he brought together in his book Self Help which he published in 1859. His book, a relatively short book, taught ... message that they have heard before. His words were that of the early Victorian influence, a time of social conflict. However, they were published in the mid-Victorian time, and they were in some aspects more for the later generation. 14 In Smiles writing he is not looking ... . He preached a messag...

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