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



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


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

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PrefaceChapter 1: The Art of Living; or Making the Most of LifeChapter 2: Healthy HomesChapter 3: Influence of CharacterChapter 4: Home PowerChapter 5: Companionship and ExampleChapter 6: WorkChapter 7: Helping One's SelfChapter 8: Leaders of Industry - Inventors and ProducersChapter 9: Application and PerserveranceChapter 10: Helps and Opportunities - Scientific PursuitsChapter 11: Energy and WillChapter 12: Self-culture -- Facilities and DifficultiesChapter 13: Workers in ArtChapter 14: Men of BusinessChapter 15: Money - Its Use and AbuseChapter 16: Habits of ThriftChapter 17: Methods of EconomyChapter 18: CourageChapter 19: Self-controlChapter 20: Duty -- TruthfulnessChapter 21: TemperChapter 22: Manner -- ArtChapter 23: Companionship of BooksChapter 24: Companionship in MarriageChapter 25: Examples -- ModelsChapter 26: Character -- The True GentlemanChapter 27: The Discipline of Experience

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