{"product_id":"men-of-invention-and-industry-samuel-smiles-9781517268114","title":"Men of Invention and Industry","description":"\"A speck in the Northern Ocean, with a rocky coast, an ungenial climate, and a soil scarcely fruitful, -this was the material patrimony which descended to the English race-an inheritance that would have been little worth but for the inestimable moral gift that accompanied it. Yes; from Celts, Saxons, Danes, Normans-from some or all of them-have come down with English nationality a talisman that could command sunshine, and plenty, and empire, and fame. The 'go' which they transmitted to us-the national vis-this it is which made the old Angle-land a glorious heritage. Of this we have had a portion above our brethren-good measure, running over. Through this our island-mother has stretched out her arms till they enriched the globe of the earth....Britain, without her energy and enterprise, what would she be in Europe?\"-Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1870)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Smiles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517268117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517268114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Samuel Smiles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940039426303,"sku":"9781517268114","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5269ae28-dcad-486d-b98f-9c86ff199881.jpg?v=1681444935","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/men-of-invention-and-industry-samuel-smiles-9781517268114","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}