Author: SMILES, SAMUEL (1812-1904)
Title: Duty : with illustrations of courage, patience, & endurance
Description: London : John Murray. Albemarle Street 1880. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.by Samuel Smiles. LL.D. author of Lives of the Engineers; Self-Help; Character; Thrift. etc. Physical description; xvi. 430 p. ; 19 cm. Contents; Duty - conscience -- Duty in action -- Honesty - truth -- Men who cannot be bought -- Courage - endurance -- Endurance to the end - Savonarola -- The sailor -- The soldier -- Heroism in well-doing -- Sympathy -- Philanthropy -- Heroism in missions -- Kindness to animals -- Humanity to horses - E.F. Flower -- Responsibility -- The last. Subjects; Self-help techniques. — juvenile fiction. Conduct of life. Duty. Political philosophy. Ethics. Weight in Kg appr.:

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