Thesis: Samuel Smiles believed that government should remain out of the economy and that a man must learn to fend for himself if he ever wants to accomplish anything.
I. Self-Help
a. Belief reflects his childhood – father died when Samuel was young, leaving him to make his own way
i. Successfully became a physician
b. The best thing an institution can do is leave a man free to develop and improve himself
c. Laws will not fix the problems of society
II. Thrift
a. Every man must do anything and everything in his power to be successful
b. Independence should be established through frugality
c. Savings of men comprise the well-being of a nation
d. Remembering the past and planning for the future are of paramount importance
e. “All that is great in man comes of labor”
i. “Labor” includes art, literature, and science as well as physical labor
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