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Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them: Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive

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Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them: Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive

Samuel Smiles

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

Year of Publication: 1888Genres: Self-Help , Family & Relationships
Running Time: 19 hours 56 minutes 17 seconds
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1
The Nights
Preface
John Greenman
4:08
2
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Chapter 1: The Art of Living; or Making the Most of Life
John Greenman
53:32
3
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Chapter 2: Healthy Homes
John Greenman
41:08
4
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Chapter 3: Influence of Character
John Greenman
1:00:24
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Chapter 4: Home Power
John Greenman
1:01:17
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Chapter 5: Companionship and Example
John Greenman
50:59
7
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Chapter 6: Work
John Greenman
41:22
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Chapter 7: Helping One's Self
John Greenman
43:49
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Chapter 8: Leaders of Industry - Inventors and Producers
John Greenman
1:01:51
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Chapter 9: Application and Perserverance
John Greenman
36:02
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Chapter 10: Helps and Opportunities - Scientific Pursuits
John Greenman
58:20
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Chapter 11: Energy and Will
John Greenman
39:26
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Chapter 12: Self-culture -- Facilities and Difficulties
John Greenman
1:12:08
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Chapter 13: Workers in Art
John Greenman
46:35
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Chapter 14: Men of Business
John Greenman
30:22
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Chapter 15: Money - Its Use and Abuse
John Greenman
47:40
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Chapter 16: Habits of Thrift
John Greenman
36:42
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Chapter 17: Methods of Economy
John Greenman
52:41
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Chapter 18: Courage
John Greenman
51:18
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Chapter 19: Self-control
John Greenman
40:21
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Chapter 20: Duty -- Truthfulness
John Greenman
34:41
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Chapter 21: Temper
John Greenman
28:12
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Chapter 22: Manner -- Art
John Greenman
39:35
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Chapter 23: Companionship of Books
John Greenman
24:12
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Chapter 24: Companionship in Marriage
John Greenman
52:15
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Chapter 25: Examples -- Models
John Greenman
27:02
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Chapter 26: Character -- The True Gentleman
John Greenman
37:32
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Chapter 27: The Discipline of Experience
John Greenman
22:43

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