>> I was always hopeless at Latin because I didn't like it and was pretty idle.
There was, almost, a time when every educated person in Europe and possibly the world had a means of communication independent of any one national language.
A lost opportunity, as education became more widespread.
Then Islam retreated into the dark ages, and the remnants of Christianity became mercenary, lazy and decadent. Latin's usefulness was probably over with the death of Isaac Newton.
(Cambridge entrance exam - discuss :) )
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