If we look at the languages spoken in the world today, we notice very wide differences in the use to which they are put. ... At this time, there were people who believed that the emerging languages like French, English, Italian, and so on were too unpolished, immature and lacking in resources to be able to convey the abstract thought and bareadth of knowledge usually expressed in the ancient languages of Latin and Greek.
――都留文科大学 前期日程 (2月25日実施)――2005年