Approaching eighty, Churchill warned the House that he was about to speak in Latin, needling the opposition by hoping it would not baffle them. He duly pronounced, “Arma virumque cano” (Arms and the men sing). A Winchester-educated Labour Member asked: “Should it not be ‘man,’ the singular instead of the plural?” Churchill replied: “Little did I expect that I should receive assistance on a classical matter from such a quarter.” The post Teaching Young Winston (2): Latin, Math,...
