Now that Faker is gone and his champion isn ' t banned anymore he can start to climb <| sep |> Purple Tunicas for my Orange Tunicas or Keys <| sep |> Oh sweet we ' re still 3 down , Handscomb still in and in the 20 s . How much did I miss in this session ? <| sep |> Nah , least spoiled . I am however their best child . <| sep |> I ' m fond of everything by Samuel Smiles . He started writing SelfHelp books in the 1850 s , and it ' s all public domain . You can read virtually all of his works free on using the Amazon Kindle online reader . Who better to take inspirational advice from than a man named Smiles ? But unlike the feelgood cheerleading that the term selfhelp says to us today , to Smiles it might well have been synonymous with hard work . For this 1859 volume is dedicated to stimulat youths to apply themselves diligently to right pursuits , sparing neither labour , pains , nor selfdenial in prosecuting themand to rely upon their own efforts in life . Though the author himself admits his lessons are oldfashioned but wholesome , he nevertheless delivers stern but wellintentioned lectures on such commonsense concepts as the importance of learning from failure , how work is the best teacher , and the value of thrift , gentility , and honesty , all peppered with examples of such noble industry from the lives of writers , scientists , artists , inventors , educators , philanthropists , missionaries , andgulp ! martyrs . It ' s as if all paternal wisdom had been reduced to a single book . H e l p i l l u s t r a t i o n s C o nductPerseveranceebookdpB 0083 ZXW 3 Qrefsr 14 ? sdigitaltextieUTF 8 qidtelsr 14 SamuelSmilesebookdpB 004 TILLF 2 refsr 15 ? sdigitaltextieUTF 8 qidtelsr 15 SamuelSmilesebookdpB 0082 XL 5 SSrefsr 11 ? sbooksieUTF 8 qidtelsr 11 k e y w ordssamuelsmilescharacter