It's not Vergil, but the UVA Classics Home Page has a nice Jefferson & classics quote:
To read the Latin and Greek authors in their original is a sublime luxury....I thank on my knees him who directed my early education for having in my possession this rich source of delight. -Thomas Jefferson, 1800 If it helps. Ed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub