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Phillip David Weaver

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May 21, 2002, 9:48:50 AM5/21/02
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Read De Meditatione in Latin and English
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/philippo/index.html

Vos ipsos Americae patres legislatores nvnc peto. Yov are the ones
whom I do now seek the fathers and legislators of America. Vobis dico
lavdem
vestram Psalmo memoratam esse mvro lvteo longe privs inscriptam esse
qvam nati sitis harena digito scriptam esse. I tell yov that yovr praise
is
mentioned in a Psalm it was inscribed in a mvd wall long before yov were
born it
was written in the sand with a finger. Si mihi dixeritis Latinam
difficiliorem esse
respondebo Latinam omnino non nimis difficilem esse vos dictvros esse
cvm
leonem tolvtim homines harena inseqventem videritis. If yov tell me that
Latin
is too difficvlt I will answer that when yov shall have seen the lion
trotting after
men in the arena yov will say that Latin is not too difficvlt at all.
Cvm Latinae
pavllvlvm confisvs eris ad Graecam procede. When yov have a little
confidence in
Latin move on to Greek. Cvpio scire qvid exacte dixit Aristoteles. I
want to know
exactly what Aristotle said. Sed ervditissimi viri tantvm illivs verba
possvnt
avdire non qvia abstrvse scripserit sed qvia lingva ipsa veterrima sit
verba illa
hominis in avribvs resonent stilvs ille exemplvm maximvm seqvatvr. Bvt
only
the most ervdite men are able to hear his words not becavse he wrote
abstrvsely
bvt becavse the langvage itself is very old and those words resovnd in a
man's ears
and that style follows a very great precedent.

Jeremy Moore

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May 21, 2002, 11:20:46 PM5/21/02
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You speak nonsense. Your words and deeds are clouded in misdirection. You
are a person that cannot be trusted. I see right thought your shroud of
lies.
Do not attempt to enslave the members of this news group or command them to
do your bidding. I will stand up for the innocent and ward off your evil
intentions. You will not succeed in brainwashing the members of this group
so you might as well leave.

Jeremy (Student of Shaolin)


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Edward Casey

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May 22, 2002, 12:16:46 AM5/22/02
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"Jeremy Moore" <Jerem...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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Hieremias vaticinatus est:

> You speak nonsense. Your words and deeds are clouded in misdirection.
You
> are a person that cannot be trusted. I see right thought your shroud of
> lies.
> Do not attempt to enslave the members of this news group or command them
to
> do your bidding. I will stand up for the innocent and ward off your evil
> intentions. You will not succeed in brainwashing the members of this
group
> so you might as well leave.
>
> Jeremy (Student of Shaolin)

Yea verily! Let us unsheathe the sword Excalibur and let us rise up against
the dark powers of the ring. Orcs are streaming through the eastern gate and
so let us make for Rivendale under cover of darkness ... rum tum... ta tum
tum...
but seriously can't we have these juicier bits in some way, shape, or form
of Latin, perhaps thusly:

"nugas prorsus eloqueris. et verba et facta tua nubibus erroris obducuntur.
homo es omnino perfidus. penitus perspicio caliginem mendaciorum tuorum.
noli conari in servitutem redigere sodales huius gregis nova legentes neque
eis imperaveris ut jussui tuo pareant. exsurgam et defendam innocentes
consiliaque mala tua avertam. tibi non contiget subtiliter et quasi artibus
nefandis persuadere his gregalibus ideoque melius te oportebit
absquatulare."

or something like that.

Eduardus


Lucas Venter

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May 22, 2002, 3:46:06 PM5/22/02
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Ummm, I thnk that should read:

nvgas prorsvs eloqveris. et verba et facta tva nvbibvs erroris
obdvcvntvr.homo es omnino perfidvs. penitvs perspicio caliginem mendaciorvm
tvorvm. noli conari in servitvtem redigere sodales hvivs gregis nova
legentes neqve eis imperaveris vt jvssvi tvo pareant. exsvrgam et defendam
innocents consiliaqve mala tva avertam. tibi non contiget svbtiliter et
qvasi artibvs nefandis persvadere his gregalibvs ideoqve melivs te oportebit
absqvatvlare.

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Edward Casey

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May 22, 2002, 5:41:40 PM5/22/02
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"Lucas Venter" <luca...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ummm, I thnk that should read:
>
> nvgas prorsvs eloqveris. et verba et facta tva nvbibvs erroris
> obdvcvntvr.homo es omnino perfidvs. penitvs perspicio caliginem
mendaciorvm
> tvorvm. noli conari in servitvtem redigere sodales hvivs gregis nova
> legentes neqve eis imperaveris vt jvssvi tvo pareant. exsvrgam et defendam
> innocentes consiliaqve mala tva avertam. tibi non contiget svbtiliter et

> qvasi artibvs nefandis persvadere his gregalibvs ideoqve melivs te
oportebit
> absqvatvlare.


Yes, you could spell it that way. It's not wrong, just highly idiosyncratic.
I would recommend that you don your Ray Bans first though, to take off the
sharp edges, otherwise you will go through a lot more Visine. But seriously,
I must warn you that if you continue to spell that way you may not be able
to change back. I used to cross my eyes just for fun and now they're stuck
that way.

You will be assimulated,
Eduardus


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