"For I can see," he said, "that it would keep Latin, and the derivation of words from it, fresh in our minds.

It would prove a constant review of the words from which our language has been formed.
"But Latin always looked to me rather heavy and perhaps too clumsy for every-day talk," the old gentleman remarked.

"Think you could talk it ?" "Sure!" Master Pierson cried.

"The old Romans spoke it.

So can we.