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From: "Edwin P. Menes" <emenes@orion.it.luc.edu>
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Subject: Re: Language requirements
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A few minutes with Reginald Foster (among others) is enough to demonstrate
that Latin conversation is not only possible but enjoyable and that there
is no theoretical reason why students should be denied access to that
skill.  There may be no native speakers but there are fluent speakers.  

Ed Menes


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