"Latin is a dead language, As dead as it can be; It killed the ancient Romans, And now is killing me."
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Common phrase recited by Latin students. Originally appeared on 20 June 1909 in the Los Angeles Sunday Herald, Junior Section, pg. 7, col. 4
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