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Samuel Smiles

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Samuel Smiles (1812-1905) the great propagandist of Victorian values through his books, 'Self-Help', 'Character', 'Thrift' and 'Duty', inspired by his lectures to Leeds working men in 1845. He worked in Leeds 1838-58 as a newspaper editor, doctor and then railway secretary.

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