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Excerpt from In Latinum: Pensa in Latinum Sermonem Vertenda; For Academics and High Schools There are two reasons for the preparation of this book: first, because I believe that the best way to study Latin Composition is in connection with the authors read; and, second, because of the fact that the require ments for admission to the majority of our colleges now include the writ ing of connected sentences from the works read in preparation. It has long been evident to me that this branch of study was unwisely divorced from its legitimate companion branch, the reading of Latin au thors; and this manual is the result of an attempt to bring together what should never have been kept separate. I am aware that the attempt has. Been made before with more or less of success; but no work that I had examined approached my ideal until the appearance about a year ago of the book for beginners, Bellum Helvetium. The practical character of the plan of that work has been proved by the tests of the class-room; and I have endeavored in the following pages to carry the method still further, hoping that by its use the student will become more familiar with Latin constructions, and will better understand and appreciate the works read. As Caesar is usually the first author read in Academies and Preparatory Schools, and, as the first four Books only are read in most institutions, the exercises of this work are based upon those Books. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfull