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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1267

The Lessons of Nature

Samuel Smiles shows us two great achievements inspired by two tiny creatures.

1268

Observation

Great inventions come from those who notice what they see.

1269

Terror in the Deep

Irish monk St Columba is credited with being among the first witnesses to the ‘Loch Ness monster’.

1270

‘Get Up!’

Joseph Skipsey’s short poem evokes the last goodbye a Northumberland miner made each morning.

1271

The Pitman Poet

Joseph Skipsey taught himself to read and write by candlelight, hundreds of feet below ground in a Northumberland pit.

1272

Hera and the Boeotian Bride

Zeus employs a little psychology to effect a reunion with his offended wife.