"Reward of merit presented to a good scholar from your teacher, S. Ayres. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by L. Prang & Co. in the Clerk's office of Mass."
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"Reward of Merit presented to Samuel Stertz by B. C. May, teacher."
Samuel Sturtz's last name is misspelled here as "Stertz."
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"Merit Reward Merit. Look up and not down. Look forward and not backward. Look out and not in. And lend a hand. Presented to David Snyder, by R. C. McNamar, teacher. Colton, Zahm & Roberts, N.Y."
American author Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) published variations of his "Four Mottos" ("Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand!") as early as 1870.
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"Reward of Merit presented to Timothy Bloomer by W. J. Flynn, teacher."
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