The Copybook

Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.

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© TheTurfBurner, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

Winston Churchill’s Final Journey Clay Lane

The heroic and charismatic statesman’s last journey was replete with echoes of his extraordinary life.

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1496

© Theoden sA, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Character and Learning Samuel Smiles

Intellectual learning is to be respected, but it should never be confused with good character.

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1497

© David Wright, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

Captain Moorsom’s ‘Revenge’ Clay Lane

The Whitby man held his nerve to keep five enemy ships busy at Trafalgar, and subsequently led Nelson’s funeral procession.

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1498

© Oast House Archive, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

The Selfish Giant Clay Lane

A giant gets angry when he finds children playing in his garden.

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1499

© Yair Haklai, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Pygmalion and Galatea Clay Lane

Pygmalion discovered that prudishness is not the same as purity.

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© Hein56didden, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Damon and Pythias Clay Lane

A tale of two friends with complete confidence in each other, and loyal to the death.

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