In Self Help, Samuel Smiles espoused the belief that
a. the poor were able to be divided into "deserving" and "undeserving" poor based on their choices.
b. the government had an obligation to provide the basic standards of living to all citizens
c. people succeeded through their own efforts and moral behavior.
d. laissez-faire applied to social constructs as well as economic, and the government shouldn't intervene.
e. none of these.
c
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