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4452. LANGUAGE (Latin), Study of.—

The learning of Greek and Latin, I am told,
is going into disuse in Europe. I know not
what their manners and occupations may call
for; but it would be very ill-judged in us to
follow their example in this instance.—
Notes on Virginia. Washington ed. viii, 389. Ford ed., iii, 253.
(1782)