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

Gelesen von John Greenman

(4,1 Sterne; 10 Bewertungen)

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 (19 hr 56 min)

Chapters

Preface

4:08

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Chapter 1: The Art of Living; or Making the Most of Life

53:32

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Chapter 2: Healthy Homes

41:08

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Chapter 3: Influence of Character

1:00:24

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Chapter 4: Home Power

1:01:17

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Chapter 5: Companionship and Example

50:59

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Chapter 6: Work

41:22

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Chapter 7: Helping One's Self

43:49

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Chapter 8: Leaders of Industry - Inventors and Producers

1:01:51

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Chapter 9: Application and Perserverance

36:02

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Chapter 10: Helps and Opportunities - Scientific Pursuits

58:20

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Chapter 11: Energy and Will

39:26

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Chapter 12: Self-culture -- Facilities and Difficulties

1:12:08

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Chapter 13: Workers in Art

46:35

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Chapter 14: Men of Business

30:22

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Chapter 15: Money - Its Use and Abuse

47:40

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Chapter 16: Habits of Thrift

36:42

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Chapter 17: Methods of Economy

52:41

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Chapter 18: Courage

51:18

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Chapter 19: Self-control

40:21

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Chapter 20: Duty -- Truthfulness

34:41

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Chapter 21: Temper

28:12

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Chapter 22: Manner -- Art

39:35

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Chapter 23: Companionship of Books

24:12

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Chapter 24: Companionship in Marriage

52:15

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Chapter 25: Examples -- Models

27:02

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Chapter 26: Character -- The True Gentleman

37:32

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Chapter 27: The Discipline of Experience

22:43

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Bewertungen

Happy homes and the hearts that make them

(5 Sterne)

is an Amazing book can't be expressed how helpful and detailed about a happy home, happy homes don't come from a huge fancy house with every thing in it happy homes come from the flavor in it! listen to the book and you'll understand