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Typical, always attack the source when you can't deal with the facts.
Began to supplant in many of its roles does not mean that Latin was still not the universal language until French replaced it and then English replaced that beginning in the 1800s.
Latin was not the common people's language for hundreds of years before the 1600s.
It was only used by the intellectuals.
The American public school system is very proud of many of its graduates, I believe.
And the reason English replaced all of the languages of the world as the major language was the influence of the King James Bible spreading throughout the British Empire.
As for the American public school system, its early text books were based on the Bible.
McGuffey was remembered as a theological and conservative teacher. He understood the goals of public schooling in terms of moral and spiritual education, and attempted to give schools a curriculum that would instill Presbyterian Calvinist beliefs and manners in their students. http://www.mcguffeyreaders.com/1836_original.htm
***Wikipedia, the most accurate reference text known to man.
Typical, always attack the source when you can’t deal with the facts. ***
Wikipedia is written by anonymous sources who submit articles. Facts taken from wiki are suspect at best. I’d rely on some other sources.
***Latin was not the common people’s language for hundreds of years before the 1600s.
It was only used by the intellectuals. ***
Try to follow the bouncing ball. Latin was the universal language of communication until it was replaced by French.
***And the reason English replaced all of the languages of the world as the major language was the influence of the King James Bible spreading throughout the British Empire. ***
English replaced French as the univeral world language when the British Empire became the greatest empire in the world. There was some competition from the Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch and Russian empires. But the biggest reason was not the KJV; it was the military one. English was the language of the conquerors, just as Latin was the language of the Romans.