Alliteration (Latin) Caesar. It has been noted that in these phrases that if one of two alliterated words has an "a" in it, it is usually placed second: Ferro Flammaque" "by sword and flame", Longe Lateque" "far and wide", Colles Campique" "hills and plains", Multi et Magni" "many and great". When the words are of unequal length, the shorter one usually precedes: Fama Fortuna" "fame and fortune", Aurum Argentum" "gold and silver", "Cura Custodiaque" "care and custody", and so on. As both and Cordier noted, the Latin language naturally lends itself to such phrases, making them part of everyday speech. Some apparent
What Has Government Done to Our Money? paper money that exists today started as a receipt for a fixed weight or portion of some commodity, usually a precious metal. When a commodity becomes a money, it gains new properties unique to being a money. For example, unlike every other commodity, money becomes less useful during the time its supply is expanded, roughly to the degree to which it is expanded, all other things being equal. To illustrate: If the Monee Tree dropped five new Moneez into the economy tomorrow, the effect would be zero. But, if the Monee Tree dropped one thousand trillion Moneez into the economy