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Cullen Murphy's "Are We Rome?" is briefly summarized here:

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/s ... 7605.shtml

There is one point that sounds very out of place:

A certain arrogance follows from cultural dominance, in that Americans are slow to study foreign languages or cultures.

Is that supposed to make America look like Rome? Nearly every educated Roman was bilingual! Maybe they were slow to learn the Greek culture, but they certainly knew it well.

Citius, Altius, Fortius - Faster, Higher, Stronger

Why should I recall the familiar story of how Baron Pierre de Coubertin was moved by this motto, originally devised by Father Henri Didon? It is indeed more notable that de Coubertin's name is also linked to a different motto: "Ludus pro patria" ("Sport for the sake of the country"), as opposed to fighting a war, of course. To put it bluntly, it was nationalism, not the striving for athletic achievements that spurred the modern Olympic movement. The officially adopted motto is much more appealing to an individual. It also is more true to the spirit of the Ancient Olympics (and other Greek games) where the big event was a chance for every Greek to experience the unity of the nation, and not to compete for his native polis. There is one big difference, though. As far as I know, no records were set at the Greek Olympics. Instead, one had to prove his strength and skills only among the competitors present. Modern fascination with records is responsible a lot of negative moments. It will ultimately cause the demise of the Olympics as we know them. Very soon champions will be getting cloned like sheep, and chemists will be officially in charge of achieving results that are simply possible for a normal human body.

Just added a collection of old English posy ring poems. These are very short rhymed verses of varying charm and level of perfection. Great for Valentines and so on. Here are some of the best:

A LOVING WIFE PROLONGETH LIFE

AS GOD SAW FITT
OUR KNOTT IS KNITT


BE IT MY FORTUNE OR MY FAULT
LOVE MAKES ME VENTURE THIS ASSAULT

DESIRE AND DESERVE

DESIRE HATH NO REST

ENDLESS AS THIS
SHALL BE OUR BLISS

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Added a new phrase pattern on the motto generator page. This pattern creates phrases like "In mutatione spes" etc (just in time for the primaries). It was not difficult to make this one, because I already had a list of Ablatives. Still, I think it adds something.