\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 The writer and social reformer Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was born and educated in Scotland, later settling in Leeds t
o work as a surgeon. However, he soon left medicine for journalism, writing a widely-circulated guide to self-improvement entitled \i Self-Help\i0 in 1859. The following description of technological innovation is taken from his \i Life of George Steph
enson\i0 , published in 1857:\par
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\i As promised by the engineer, a single line was ready by that day; and the æRocketÆ, with a carriage full of directors, engineers and their friends, passed over the entire length of Chat Moss, and also along the
greater part of the road between Liverpool and Manchester. The coal traffic had already been commenced at different parts of the railway;... It was soon found that the performances of the æRocketÆ on the day of completion were greatly within the scope
of her powers. Thus, in June 1830, a trial trip was made between Liverpool and Manchester and back... A great concourse of people assembled to witness the spectacle. The train consisted of two carriages filled with about forty persons, and seven wago
ns laden with stores - in all about thirty-nine tons. The æRocketÆ drew the train from Liverpool to Manchester in two hours and one minute, and performed the return journey in an hour and a half. The speed of the train over Chat Moss was at the rate of
