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Attendite, discipulī! Our age has been called the “age of
invention.” When we think of the wonderful part that modern
inventions play in our lives, we are sure that the name is
a good one. More important, however, than any two of these
modern inventions that you can choose are two very old inventions, the invention of speech and the invention of writing. Today we find many languages that have grown out of
that original invention of speech which are very different
from each other. When we read a language other than our
own, then, we are dealing with the expression of people who
are different fronm us, and we are really looking into their
minds. When we do this it is a real adventure, for, you know,
a person's mind is the most interesting thing about him.
When the people whose language we read is one that was at
the height of its power almost two thousand years ago, the
adventure is even greater. These Latin lessons are to start
you out on that intellectual adventure. We hope that it will
be one that you will enjoy. Valēte, discipulī.
| Foreword |
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