Final Exam Part V.i

Catullus: I think I used Latin more originally than any other Latin writer in the history of the language. I was not afraid to be passionate in my writing- and sometimes that meant using language that other people were afraid to. I showed the world the Latin language has a spirit of its own.

Horace: I agree with you that you were original, but I'd prefer it if the world didn't think that Latin writers were not intelligent enough to express their ideas without foul language. I chose a more subtle form of sarcasm, in which i expressed my dislike of select people without being completely obvious

Jerome: While I agree that the language has its own spirit, I also think that it can be a tool to unify different people. I used the language to make a standard version of the Bible that could be more easily translated into other languages. My only regret is that some of the meaning of the Hebrew words were lost.