[Ankur-dictionary] Iculture as the basis of national prosperity; universal indust

[Craigmyle <ban...@vs...>]

 is said he even spoke with pebbles in his mouth, and prepared himself
to overcome the noise of the Assembly by declaiming in stormy weather on
the sea-shore. He sometimes passed two or three mouths in a subterranean
chamber, practicing by day and by night, both in composition and
declamation, such pains did those old Greeks take to perfect themselves
in art; for public speaking is an art,