To: daniel1212
. When any Schollar is able to Read Tully or such like classicall Latine Author ex tempore, and make and speake true Latin in verse and prose Learning any language other than your own is enough work that there's no point in studying DEAD ones.
To: varmintman
....no point in studying DEAD ones.Propositum invalidum, old chap. Res ipsa loquitur. One can hardly be expected to master the nuances of the various live languages unless one fully appreciates the "dead" tongues whence they sprang.
Verbum sat sapientes, etc.
51 posted on
02/02/2013 11:49:40 AM PST by
Kenny Bunk
(The Obama Absolution Molecule: Teflon binds with Melanin = no-fault Marxism.)
To: varmintman
Note the year and the reason. While that is not warranted today, the principle is valid, and the rest are applicable.
53 posted on
02/02/2013 1:10:38 PM PST by
daniel1212
(Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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