Trials of a Demosthenes
Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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The elocution exercise in the speech bubble doesn’t appear to be from some ‘famous’ source, so probably either taken from a contemporary textbook or possibly a Briggs/Nesbitt original?Report
I googled “such is the end of petty beginnings” and found that it’s from _The Ranks in Life. For the Amusement and Instruction of Youth. a. London: J. Drury, 36 Lombard Street, corner of Plough Court, 1821_.
I can’t find a copy of that to purchase anywhere so I’m guessing that that book got chopped up and plagiarized into books that made it to the schooling for those kids. I’m guessing.Report
Ah, good find. Tried a similar approach with googling snippets but wasn’t as successful as you were.Report