Was Latin POPULAR even in 1899-NYC?!

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I JUST watched the film, 'Newsies'.
In the movie, the newsboys sing:

"Let us SEIZE the DAY!"

(… Latin translation:
'Carpe diem.')

(… I THINK that's the CORRECT "English-Latin" conversion.
I took four years of SPANISH in high school!)

(… HOWEVER, my college-degree in "BioMEDICAL Engineering and my "SICKENING"/"CRAZY" obsession with MATHEMATICS has given me a thorough ("LAYMAN"'s) understanding of the CLASSIC language!)


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