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George Moore and the making of a generous reformer
The article reviews Samuel Smiles’s portrait of George Moore, highlighting Moore’s growth of character over outward wealth. It recounts his Cumberland boyhood, early hardships in London, rapid rise in the drapery trade, and extensive philanthropy, including school improvement, ragged schools, commercial travelers’ and warehousemen’s charities, and relief efforts in Paris.
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Smiles
George Moore
London
Mr. Smiles
Cumberland
Moore
Mngland
Moores
Mealsgate
Blackbird
Wilson
Wigton
Mr. Smilrs
Soume
Charles Meeking
Holtorn
Ray
Fisher
Ile
Fisher and Co
Manchester
Copestake, Moore, and Co
Bow Churchyard
Kensington
Wilfrid
William Lawson
Brayton
John Steel
M.P
Huston Square
Mr. Moore
Whlfrid Lawson
Lenderson
Paris
Mr. Porter
Lever
Bueggars
Von
Whitehall