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Self-Help (Part 2)

Samuel Smiles
8 minPractical philosophy

Part 2 of 2. From energy and courage to the right use of money and the education a man gives himself, rising to the crown of all: Character. Why the true gentleman is known not by rank or riches but by how he treats the weak, closing on the heroes of the Birkenhead.

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