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Ruth Martin Carvill-s early 1902 Composition book, "Why it is good to work", 7 June 1902, page 1 of 3

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    07/06/1902

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    Box1RCjun1902_015

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    Ruth Martin Carvill's essay on "Why it is good to work" in which she enumerates the value of hard work.   She mentions the Duke of Wellington, Lord Tennyson, Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War, Mrs. Beecher Stowe (who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin), and each German Emperor as examples of rich people who worked. She ends with a piece of poetry from Elizabeth Browning.   Teacher's comment:   "one, one"! Left page:   gray tone watercolor of a woman sewing, by Ruth Martin Carvill.

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