Over half of the English language is derived from Latin. unicorn-corn, horn humble-humus, earth gregarious-grex, flock pantry-p nis, bread flamingo-flamma, flame These and thousands of other words we use every day keep this "dead" language-a language of kings and poets, of scrolls and secrets-alive. And this means that when we study Latin, we're not just learning about Rome-we're learning about ourselves. Rediscover this time-honored language, which led classical education innovator Dorothy Sayers to declare that "Latin should be begun as early as possible . . . when the chanting of 'am, am...

Over half of the English language is derived from Latin. amateur -- amo, I love MontanaA -- mons, mountain patriotA -- patria, native land spectacular -- specto, I look at muralA -- murus, wall These and thousands of other words we use every day keep this "dead"language -- a language of kings and poets, of scrolls and secrets -- alive. And this means that when we study Latin, we're not just learning about Rome -- we're learning about ourselves. Rediscover this time-honored language, which led classical education pioneer Dorothy Sayers to declare that "Latin should be begun as early as...