Nothing hath more dulled the wits, or taken away the will of children from learning, than care in making of Latin.
-- Roger Ascham (1515-1568), Greek and Latin scholar, tutor to Elizabeth I, author of The scholemaster or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp of youth in ientlemen and noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge ...
