"Who only knows Latin can go across the whole Poland from one side to the other one just like he was at his own home, just like he was born there. So great happiness! I wish a traveler in England could travel without knowing any other language than Latin!"
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Daniel Defoe (1728), quoted in Norman Davies, God's Playground (2000)
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