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“INFERIAE,n. [Latin] Among the Greeks and Romans, sacrifices for propitation of the _Dii Manes_, or souls of the dead heroes; for the pious ancients could not invent enough gods to satisfy their spiritual needs, and had to have a number of makeshift deities, or, as a sailor might say, jury-gods, which they made out of the most unpromising materials. It was while sacrificing a bullock to the spirit of Agamemnon that Laiaides, a priest of Aulis, was favored with an audience of that illustrious warrior's shade, who prophetically recounted to him the birth of Christ and the triumph of Christianity, giving him also a rapid but tolerably complete review of events down to the reign of Saint Louis. The narrative ended abruptly at the point, owing to the inconsiderate crowing of a cock, which compelled the ghosted King of Men to scamper back to Hades. There is a fine mediaeval flavor to this story, and as it has not been traced back further than Pere Brateille, a pious but obscure writer at the court of Saint Louis, we shall probably not err on the side of presumption in considering it apocryphal, though Monsignor Capel's judgment of the matter might be different; and to that I bow --wow.”
Ambrose Bierce
“I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin'. I never had it, so I'd had it, as far as being a judge was concerned.”
Peter Cook
“We always have Latin teachers calling about it, but we can't draw any conclusions.”
Caren Scoropanos
“We are behind Rwanda and Sierra Leone and all of Latin America. Most Americans presume that we are right up there … and we're not.”
Carol Moseley Braun
“In my seven years here, he's the best young Latin American hitter as a free-agent amateur who came here.”
Bill Bryk
“Digital Orchid is a leading mobile content technology provider for Latin American brands. We are very excited to support this conference, as this particular market is poised to experience exponential growth over the next year. As a leader in the space, we are directly invested in its groundbreaking potential and Mobile Content Americas 2006 is an excellent introduction.”
Chris Duggan
“FIU is better known among the Latin American press than here in the U.S.,”
Charles Green
“Especially when I was young, my dad taught me a lot of Latin.”
Caleb Mitchum
“The Latin American populists like Chavez have a very limited capacity to do anything that threatens substantial harm to our interests, so it's key in those cases not to overreact.”
Andrew Bacevich
“That's an indication that both programs and operations in Latin America have got really significant potential so that's a principle area of focus for us.”
Charlie Sartain
