“At first I was rather unwilling to study Latin grammar. It seemed absurd to waste time analyzing every word I came across – noun, genitive, singular, feminine – when its meaning was quite plain. I thought I might just as well describe my pet in order to know it – order, vertebrate; division, quadruped; class, mammalia; genus, felinus; species, cat; individual, Tabby. But as I got deeper into the subject, I became more interested, and the beauty of the language delighted me.”
