Category Archives: Classics

Protected: Adventures in Etymology! Cacafuego

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Uncomely and Broken

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Blockheading and Boxing Enough

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Uncomely and Broken

The teaching of Latin a century or two ago was predicated on its very difficulty, the mastering of which offered a “mental discipline” that usually required an accompanying physical component.  Champions of classical education in the eighteenth and nineteenth century … Continue reading →

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