No one can claim to be well educated till he has studied Latin.
"Now as we have need to learn Latin anyway, why not kill two birds with one stone, and make Latin our universal language?
Why not have a colloquial, every-day Latin, such as the Romans used to speak in Italy?
In point of fact, Latin was the universal language with travelers and educated people all through the Middle Ages.

We need to learn it anyhow, so why not make it our needed form of common speech ?" I remember just how earnest old Joel became as he set forth his new idea of his.

He jumped up and tore round the old sitting-room.

He rubbed my ears again, rumpled Tom's hair, caught Catherine by both her hands and went ring-round-the-rosy with her, nearly knocking down the table, lamp and all! "The greatest idea yet!" he shouted.

"Just what's wanted for a Universal Language!" He went and drew in the old Squire to hear about it; and the old Squire admitted that it sounded reasonable.