7

Career Change

By Samuel Smiles

An unemployed French labourer was amazed when a friend suggested becoming a French master to refined English ladies.

8

Dare to Be Yourself

By Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles warns us against pursuing popularity for its own sake, saying that it is a kind of cowardice.

9

Press Pass

By Samuel Smiles

Young inventor James Watt’s life in London was overshadowed by the perpetual fear of being snatched.

10

The Grand Mechanic

By Samuel Smiles

The more that pioneering engineer George Stephenson understood of the world around him, the more his sense of wonder grew.

11

A Bit of Luck for his Lordship

By Samuel Smiles

George Stephenson was only too pleased to save the Government from its scientific advisers.

12

Asylum Christi

By Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles explains how Tudor England was transformed from sleepy backwater to hive of industry.