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This is a copy stick, used to help teach people to write. It consists of a stick of wood, a strip of paper bearing a copper-plate inscription (printed) on each side of the wood. One side reads 'Neglect no means of improvement', the other side reads 'First deserve and then desire'. It was known to have been used between 1860 and 1870 in West Yorkshire, at the school of the donor's great-uncle.

1 copy stick: wood, paper

1860

Wood, Paper