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Alan Keyes on The Crisis of the Republic

Posted on May 25, 2011 by admin

Several had requested that I make Alan Keyes’s article series on The Crisis of the Republic which he wrote during the 2008 election cycle available as they are now somewhat difficult to turn up online. Here they are in pdf … → Read More

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A Middle-Week Motto

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin

A motto for a multinational oil company. Oleum aquaque “Oil and Water”

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Latin Curriculum Review: Henle’s Latin

Posted on April 23, 2010 by admin

The Henle high-school Latin system is rigorous and thorough, but there are better traditional options available. → Read More

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A Middle-Week Motto

Posted on April 21, 2010 by admin

A motto for an invincible fortress. The motto of Gibraltar. One of two, actually. Nulli Expugnabilis Hosti “Able to be captured by no enemy” or (more loosely) “To all foes invincible.” Expugnabilis is a great adjective with no common English … → Read More

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Monday Mantuan: I.36-47

Posted on April 19, 2010 by admin

Faustus, cont’d. Sed quid circuitu pario tibi taedia longo, dum sequor ambages et verba et tempora perdo? summa haec: vitales auras invitus agebam. quod si forte volens cognoscere singula dicas, “Fauste, quis in syrtes Auster te impegerat istas?” me mea … → Read More

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Erasmus on Language and Cognition (ca. 1512)

Posted on April 15, 2010 by admin

In an age in which students are becoming increasingly bereft of traditional communication skilles, Erasmus’ words from five centuries ago hit home. He wrote in De Ratione Studii: All knowledge falls into one of two divisions: the knowledge of ‘truths’ … → Read More

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A Middle-Week Motto

Posted on April 14, 2010 by admin

A motto for a barbarian devestator, perhaps on a sword he stole from a fallen Roman proconsul. Igni Ferroque “By Fire and Sword”

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Monday Mantuan: I.26-35

Posted on April 12, 2010 by admin

Faustus, cont’d: colligere agrestes uvas et fraga perosusmaerebam ut pastu rediens philomena cibumqueore ferens natis, vacuo sua pignora nidocum sublata videt: rostro cadit esca remisso,cor stupet et contra nidos super arboris altaefronde sedet plorans infelices hymenaeos;seu veluti amisso partu formosa … → Read More

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Book Review: Rome in Spectacular Cross Section

Posted on April 9, 2010 by admin

Imagine floating just above imperial Rome in a hot-air balloon. As you pass over the city, bustling and active scenes unfold beneath you—a residential block; a magnificent bathhouse; a packed amphitheater; busy dockyards. At each place, you look down on … → Read More

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A Middle-Week Motto

Posted on April 6, 2010 by admin

A motto for a person who hungers and thirsts after righteousness. Bonorum Sectator Operum “A follower of good works” or, more loosely, “zealous for good deeds” From Titus 2:14 qui dedit semet ipsum pro nobis ut nos redimeret ab omni … → Read More

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