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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
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Subject: Learning Latin and Greek (Re: learning Esperanto first)
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Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 02:08:25 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 15 02:08:25 1985
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> > the classics would not be easily read, but I'd rather the children
> > were able to read the one hundred periodicals now published in
> > Esperanto world-wide with an emphasis on peace, rather than
> > the Helenic wars!
> 
> If we do not study history, we will be doomed to repeat it.
> I'd suggest learning Latin instead.

How many people do you know who really read the classics in the original?
As far as I'm concerned, learning Latin or Greek is like studying
butterflies, pottery or chess: interesting, rewarding, broadening, and part
of what life is all about for those to whom it appeals, but not to be
compared with the practical importance of learning a language spoken by
living people.

--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
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