The Copy Book

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505

The Rewards of Treachery

By Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cicero warns those who seek power through civic unrest that they will never be the beneficiaries of it.

506

The Duel

By Charles Dickens

Sir Mulberry Hawk’s coarse conduct towards Kate Nickleby has awoken a spark of decency in Lord Frederick Verisopht.

507

A True Gentleman of Verona

By Samuel Smiles

A young man from the Italian city on the Adige River demonstrates that class has nothing to do with wealth.

508

Wellington’s Secret

By Samuel Smiles

The future hero of Waterloo dealt with political ambush as comfortably as he dealt with the military kind.

509

One Last Question

By Charles Dickens

English lawyer Sydney Carton goes to the guillotine in place of a French aristocrat.

510

Northumberland

By Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

A poem of nostalgia for the sea breezes and yellow gorse of Northumberland.

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