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This book, published in 1859, is believed to be the origin of the phrase 'Self-Help' and encouraged people, especially those at the bottom of the social ladder, to improve themselves through hard work and perseverance.
Do you know the book Self-Help, which I believe was the origin of the phrase? Have you ever come across that book by Samuel Smiles?
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This book, published in 1859, is believed to be the origin of the phrase 'Self-Help' and encouraged people, especially those at the bottom of the social ladder, to improve themselves through hard work and perseverance.
Do you know the book Self-Help, which I believe was the origin of the phrase? Have you ever come across that book by Samuel Smiles?
And he, Smiles, ended up writing a book that he went on to call Self-Help, which was published in 1859.