DEMOSTHENES EDUCATING HIS VOICE.

Photogravure after the Painting by Jules Jean Lecompte-du-Nouy,

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Isaid that Demosthenes was educated in the school of Isæus. has never been proven that he did not actually practice elocution by the seashore with pebbles in his mouth. Those who delight in negative criticism have challenged the story, but they will never rob it of its charm for the painter and the lover of the picturesque.