The culminating remarks in this paper call for the building of a new Atlantis, a"...home where the unquiet heart of modern man can find peace." The author reviews the historical importance of Latin as a "connecting tissue" among European languages and its significance in the development of a common linguistic heritage. From this frame of reference, the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire and its eventual dissolution are examined. The rise of modern civilization and its values are then contrasted with the Latin culture, with particular emphasis on the centrality of Latin poetry in the historical development of national unity. The author concludes that the alienated modern man would do well to build a new Atlantis modeled after the Latin culture, a new society united by the common bonds of poetic tradition and linguistic unity. (RL)