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Stenographers Of Latin Phrases

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Day
31
Month
January
Year
1896
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Public Domain
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Stenography played an important part at the ecumenical council of 1870. Pius 15, Deeding skillful stenographers, who shonld be discreet, asked a priest of Turin to select tberu among 24 serainarists of all nations. They were made to swear solenanly that they would not reveal a phrase of the deliberations. A few days bef ore the opening of the council, the pope summoned the 24 stenographers in order to be perfectly snre that they understood the Latin pronnnciatiori of various conntries. ' He asked : "How would yon steuograph the followiug phrase, pronounced by an English Cüclesiastic, 'Erina varrumque keno?' " The uuauimoTis reply was "Arma virnmque cano. " Several of these stenographers have attained high positions iu tha

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