ሳሙኤል ስማይልስ

ሳሙኤል ስማይልስ (ታህሳስ 23 1812 - 16 ኤፕሪል 1904) የብሪታኒያ ደራሲ እና የመንግስት ለውጥ አራማጅ ነበር። እራስ ማሻሻያ (1859) የተሰኘው መጽሃፉ ቁጠባን ያበረታታ ሲሆን ድህነት በአብዛኛው የተመካው ጥበብ በጎደለው ልማዶች እንደሆነ እና ፍቅረ ንዋይን ሲያጠቃም ተናግሯል። ይህ መጽሃፉ “የመካከለኛው የቪክቶሪያ ሊበራሊዝም መጽሐፍ ቅዱስ” ተብሎ ተጠርቷል እና በብሪታንያ የፖለቲካ አስተሳሰብ ላይ ዘላቂ ተጽእኖ ነበረው።

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 እራስን ማሻሻያ መጽሃፍት ርዕሶች 

 Self-Help, 1859
 Character, 1871
 Thrift, 1875
 Duty, 1880
 Life and Labour, 1887
 ዋቢ መጽሃፍት 

 Briggs, Asa (1955). "Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work". Victorian People. A Reassessment of Persons and Themes. 1851–67. University of Chicago Press. pp. 116–139
 Sinnema, Peter W.: 'Introduction', in Samuel Smiles, Self-Help (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002)

 ውጫዊ አገናኞች 

 Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them: Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive public domain audiobook at LibriVox
 Works written by or about Samuel Smiles at Wikisource
 Works by or about Samuel Smiles at Internet Archive
 Works by Samuel Smiles at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
 Character by Samuel Smiles in html format 
 Commentary on Self-Help by Tom Butler-Bowdon
 Haddington's History Society - Paper on Samuel Smiles