‘That great instrument of thought, the Verb,’ is a phrase which must have arrested the attention of many young teachers of Latin, and helped to prevent their methods from becoming mechanical and to keep the spirit of their instruction generous and humane. To teach Latin means an increasing appreciation of the power which it derives from its inflected verb, and of the extent to which this moulded the style of the great Latin writers: they had an innate appreciation of their native advantage, used it to its fullest capacity, and developed it in the using.