Received: by 10.180.73.173 with SMTP id m13mr379434wiv.4.1349440495647; Fri, 05 Oct 2012 05:34:55 -0700 (PDT) Path: q11ni134163156wiw.1!nntp.google.com!feeder2.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!217.73.144.44.MISMATCH!feeder.ecngs.de!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!46.4.82.166.MISMATCH!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.albasani.net!news.america.net!not-for-mail From: Joel Edge Newsgroups: alt.war.civil.usa Subject: Re: Latin report Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 08:34:55 -0400 Organization: 24hoursupport.com Lines: 28 Message-ID: <0001HW.CC944C2F00092902B040E9DF@news.planttel.net> References: <87wqz7ln4q.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip5-249.planttel.net Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: news.america.net 1349440495 23261 209.164.255.250 (5 Oct 2012 12:34:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.america.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 12:34:55 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Hogwasher/4.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Thu, 4 Oct 2012 09:42:34 -0400, MITO MINISTER wrote (in article ): > On Oct 3, 10:07 pm, Hugh Lawson wrote: >> Book V of De Rerum Natura finished. One more book to go. >> >> Nevertheless, I've decided to take a break from difficult poetical works >> and read Cicero, De Officiis, "Concerning Duties". >> >> I've advanced far enough to see that Cicero is much eaiser than >> Lucretius.  If I get to live another year, I believe I'll be reading Latin >> literature with pleasure.  Right now the pleasure is in the feeling of >> advancing, and it is considerable. >> >> Sometimes I think, suppose I had started three years ago with refreshing >> calculus I, and just kept hammering away at math.  Where would I be >> now? That way lies madness. ;-) >> >> Need an intellectual avocation?  Study something hard.  Just keep >> hammering away, and you'll learn it. > > Try Caesar. Much easier. Fellatio et cunnilingus inter mammae > bonissinus est. Graffitti in my school washroom! I don't doubt you spent a lot of time in bathrooms. I just don't care to know why.