Triumph in Adversity
Two famous figures, one from the sciences and one from the arts, who turned suffering to advantage.
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Samuel Smiles
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Scottish motivational writer Samuel Smiles encouraged Victorian working men and women to takes command of their own lives and futures.
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Music at Midnight
To do one’s duty is to peep into the mystery of life, and taste reward from another world.
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Elbert Green Hubbard tells us about Richard Cobden’s early life, and how it shaped his values; Sydney Smith gives us his definition of marriage; mild-mannered clergyman George Herbert get his hands (and much else besides) dirty in helping labourer dumped in the road by his overloaded horse; and a Victorian commuter arrives home carrying more than his briefcase.