Self Help [自助 自己拯救自己]（财富圣经--启动你

SELF?HELP ~ NATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL by Samuel Smiles ? ? ? ?2 SAMUEL SMILES SELF-HELP - NATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. - SELF-HELP - NATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL ........................ p. 3 CHAPTER II. - LEADERS OF INDUSTRY - INVENTORS AND PRODUCERS ... p. 20 CHAPTER III. - THE GREAT POTTERS - PALISSY, BOTTGHER, WEDGWOOD ... p. 46 CHAPTER IV. - APPLICATION AND PERSEVERANCE .......................... p. 64 CHAPTER V. - HELPS AND OPPORTUNITIES - SCIENTIFIC PURSUITS ... p. 80 CHAPTER VI. - WORKERS IN ART ...................................................... p. 104 CHAPTER VII. - INDUSTRY AND THE PEERAGE ......................... p. 135 CHAPTER VIII. - ENERGY AND COURAGE ......................................... p. 148 CHAPTER IX. - MEN OF BUSINESS ............................................... p. 174 CHAPTER X. - MONEY - ITS USE AND ABUSE ................................ p. 191 CHAPTER XI. - SELF-CULTURE - FACILITIES AND DIFFICULTIES ... p. 207 CHAPTER XII. - EXAMPLE - MODELS ................................................... p. 236 CHAPTER XIII. - CHARACTER - THE TRUE GENTLEMAN ........................ p. 251 FOOTNOTES ................................................................................................. p. 2693 SAMUEL SMILES SELF-HELP - NATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER I. SELF-HELP - NATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL “The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.”- J. S. Mill. “We put too much faith in systems, and look too little to men.”- B. Disraeli. “Heaven helps those who help themselves”is a well-tried maxim, embodying in a small compass the results of vast human experience. The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true source of national vigour and strength. Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably in