Duty : with illustrations of courage, patience, & endurance / by Samuel Smiles, LL.D., author of Lives of the Engineers; Self-Help; Character; Thrift, etc
1880, First Edition. London : John Murray, Albemarle Street. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #241600
Physical description; xvi, 430 p. ; 19 cm. Contents; Duty - conscience -- Duty in action -- Honesty - truth -- Men who cannot be bought -- Courage - endurance -- Endurance to the end - Savonarola -- The sailor -- The soldier -- Heroism in well-doing -- Sympathy -- Philanthropy -- Heroism in missions -- Kindness to animals -- Humanity to horses - E.F. Flower -- Responsibility -- The last. Subjects; Self-help techniques. — juvenile fiction. Conduct of life. Duty. Political philosophy. Ethics.
Price: €100.00