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Samuel Smiles. Thrift
Thrift
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. INDUSTRY
CHAPTER II. HABITS OF THRIFT
CHAPTER III. IMPROVIDENCE
CHAPTER IV. MEANS OF SAVING
CHAPTER V. EXAMPLES OF THRIFT
CHAPTER VI. METHODS OF ECONOMY
CHAPTER VII. ECONOMY IN LIFE ASSURANCE
CHAPTER VIII. SAVINGS BANKS
CHAPTER IX. LITTLE THINGS
CHAPTER X. MASTERS AND MEN
CHAPTER XI. THE CROSSLEYS—MASTERS AND MEN (CONTINUED)
CHAPTER XII. LIVING BEYOND THE MEANS
CHAPTER XIII. GREAT DEBTORS
CHAPTER XIV. RICHES AND CHARITY
CHAPTER XV. HEALTHY HOMES
CHAPTER XVI. THE ART OF LIVING
INDEX 379. A FABLE
THRIFT
CHAPTER I
INDUSTRY
CHAPTER II
HABITS OF THRIFT
CHAPTER III
IMPROVIDENCE
CHAPTER IV
MEANS OF SAVING
CHAPTER V
EXAMPLES OF THRIFT
CHAPTER VI
METHODS OF ECONOMY
CHAPTER VII
ECONOMY IN LIFE ASSURANCE
CHAPTER VIII
SAVINGS BANKS
CHAPTER IX
LITTLE THINGS
CHAPTER X
MASTERS AND MEN
CHAPTER XI
THE CROSSLEYS—MASTERS AND MEN (CONTINUED)
CHAPTER XII
LIVING BEYOND THE MEANS
CHAPTER XIII
GREAT DEBTORS
CHAPTER XIV
RICHES AND CHARITY
CHAPTER XV
HEALTHY HOMES
CHAPTER XVI
THE ART OF LIVING
INDEX
VENTILATION
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Samuel Smiles
Published by Good Press, 2019
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[Footnote 1: Letters of the late Edward Denison. p. 240.]
But a large proportion of men do not provide for the future. They do not remember the past. They think only of the present. They preserve nothing. They spend all that they earn. They do not provide for themselves: they do not provide for their families. They may make high wages, but eat and drink the whole of what they earn. Such people are constantly poor, and hanging on the verge of destitution.
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