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Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them: Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive by Samuel SMILES (1812 - 1904) Genre(s): Self-Help Read by: John Greenman in English Parts: Part 1 https://youtu.be/oluqp7BrbtA Part 3 https://youtu.be/QP_ElBTOpdM Chapters: 00:00:00 - 10 - Chapter 10: Helps and Opportunities - Scientific Pursuits 00:58:20 - 11 - Chapter 11: Energy and Will 01:37:45 - 12 - Chapter 12: Self-culture -- Facilities and Difficulties 02:49:53 - 13 - Chapter 13: Workers in Art 03:36:29 - 14 - Chapter 14: Men of Business 04:06:51 - 15 - Chapter 15: Money - Its Use and Abuse 04:54:30 - 16 - Chapter 16: Habits of Thrift 05:31:13 - 17 - Chapter 17: Methods of Economy 06:23:54 - 18 - Chapter 18: Courage 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 happiness in life, the opposite sex and work. What's particularly striking about this book is its clear-headed 19th Century advice for 'improvement' and cultural stability, etc., combined with the entrenched and historic sexism of a paternalistic society. 'Sow a thought and you get an act; Sow an act and you get a habit; Sow a habit and you get a character; Sow a character and you get a destiny.'― Samuel Smiles, Happy Homes and the Hearts That Make Them - Summary by John Greenman and Wikipedia More information: http://librivox.org/happy-homes-and-the-hearts-that-make-them-by-samuel-smiles/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)