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AMUEL SMILES, born at Haddington, Scotland, was educated as a surgeon, but abandoned

the profession at about the date of our first portrait to become editor of The Leeds Times. He had already written his first book, "Physical Education." In 1845 he became secretary of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, which, ten years later, he left for the South-Eastern Railway. All this time he was putting forth his popular books, and at the date of our second portrait had just written perhaps the most popular of them all, "Self-Help." Few men have had the privilege of addressing a wider audience than has Dr. Smiles.