American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples

Part 18

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_Beata Domus, custodita sic cuja Deo Domino est._ Blessed the home, so guarded by the Lord God. BRASHER.

_Beauty and Grace._ SMITH.

_Bello virtus._ Courageous in war. KEESE.

_Beware my edge._ GIBBS.

_Bona que honesta._ Good things and honest. JACKSON.

_Bona vince malum._ Overcome evil with good. ELLISTON.

_Carpe diem._ (Hor. _Od._ i. 77.) Seize the present opportunity. HOFFMAN.

_Carpe diem: postero ne credo._ Seize the present: trust not the future. CUTTING.

_Cassis tutissima virtus._ Virtue is the safest helmet. KNIGHTS OF THE SQUARE TABLE.

_Cave._ Beware. PARKER.

_Cavendo tutus._ Safe by caution. DANA.

_Chacun à son goût._ Each to his own taste. SMITH.

_Cherish virtue._ KING.

_Christi servitus vera libertas._ The service of Christ true liberty. VAUGHAN.

_Christo et ecclesia._ For Christ and the church. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY.

_Cito pede praeterit aetas._ With swift foot old age comes on. SARGEANT.

_Clarior hinc honos._ Hence the brighter honor. BUCHANAN.

_Claris dextera factis._ (Virg. _Æn._ vii. 474.) A right hand employed in glorious deeds. BYAM.

_Clibor ne sceame._ CLIBORNE.

_Cognoscere occasionem._ Recognize the opportunity. NEWTON-WILLIAMS.

_Colendo crescent._ By cultivating they increase. LIVIUS.

_Communiter bona profundere Deorum est._ It is the manner of the gods to lavish good upon all. PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY CO.

_Concordia societatis nostra vinculum est._ Concord is the bond of our society. LINONIAN SOCIETY LIBRARY.

_Confido in Domino._ I trust in God. SEDGWICK.

_Conquer death by virtue._ SHERMAN.

_Consilio manuque._ By counsel, and by the hand. PEIRSON.

_Consilio non impetu._ By counsel not by force. AGNEW.

_Coronat virtus cultores suos._ Virtue crowns her worshippers. CLARKE.

_Cor unum ira mea._ My whole heart in my wrath. TOMLINSON.

_Courage sans peur._ Courage without fear. LEWIS.

_Crescit amor nummi._ The desire for riches increases. UNIDENTIFIED PLATE.

_Cui est amiens felix._ Happy he who has a friend. WHITRIDGE.

_Dabit otia Deus._ God will give peace. BRISBANE.

_De interiore templo socius._ A comrade from within the temple. HORSMANDEN.

_Decus virtuti soli._ Honor to virtue alone. LUDLOW.

_Delectando pariterque monendo._ By pleasing while admonishing. MACKAY.

_Deo dirigente crescendum est._ We must prosper, while God directs. LOWELL.

_Deo duce perseverandum_. I will persevere under the guidance of God. JAY.

_Deo et amicitiae._ For God and friendship. FORMAN.

_Deo regique debeo._ I owe duty to God and the king. JOHNSON.

_Deo spes mea._ God my hope. THORNTON.

_Depressa resurgo._ I rise after defeat. PINTARD.

_Deus amici et nos._ God, our friends, and ourselves. PELL.

_Deus dabit._ God will grant. FISH.

_Deus dux certus._ God a safe leader. BRIMAGE.

_Deus meumque jus._ God and my right. SUPREME COUNCIL, 33d°.

_Deus nobis haec otia fecit._ (Virg. _Ec._ i. vi.) God hath given us this tranquillity. SMITH.

_Deus providebit._ God will provide. DOVE.

_Dictis factisque simplex._ Simple in words and deeds. GILPIN. ROGERS.

_Dieu défend de droit._ God defends the right. BOUCHER.

_Disce pati._ Learn to endure. DUNCAN.

_Discretio moderatrix virtutum._ Discretion mistress of virtues. QUINCY.

_Duce natura sequor._ I follow the lead of Nature. HOLYOKE.

_Ducit amor patriae._ Love of country leads me. PHILLIPS.

_Dum clarum teneam._ While I hold to glory. PENN.

This is not the complete motto of the family of Penn of Stoke Pogis; it should be, _Dum clarum rectum taneam_, which means, While I hold to glory let me hold to right.

_Dum spiro spero._ While I breathe I hope. AUCHMUTY. MORRISON. SWAN.

_Dum vivimus vivamus._ While we live let us live. PORCELLIAN SOCIETY LIBRARY.

_E parvis oriuntur magna._ From small things great arise. BROTHERS IN UNITY.

_E pluribus unum._ One from many. GUILFORD LIBRARY. MCKELDEN. U. S. ARMY. UNIDENTIFIED PLATE.

_Emollit mores._ She civilizes. NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY.

_En dat Virginia quartam._ Behold Virginia furnishes her fourth. VIRGINIA COUNCIL CHAMBER.

_En Dieu est tout._ In God is everything. CONNOLLY. WENTWORTH.

_En espérance je vie._ I live in hope. BROWN.

_Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem._ With the sword he strives for calm quiet under the reign of liberty. MASS. LIBRARY OF THE GENERAL COURT.

_Esse et videri._ To be and to seem to be. DUER.

_Esse potius quam habere._ To be rather than to have. MINTURN.

_Esse quam videri._ To be rather than to seem. ARCHDEACON. DUER. FENDALL. TYNG. WHITE.

_Et mea messis erit._ And mine will be the harvest. DENNY.

_Et si ostendo non jacta._ Altho’ I show, tell it not abroad. OGDEN.

_Ex candore decus._ Honor from sincerity. MARSHALL.

_Ex necessitate._ Through necessity. LOW.

_Excelsior._ Higher. VARICK.

_Exemplum adest ipse homo._ Man himself furnishes a pattern. FRANKLIN.

_Exitus acta probat._ The end shows the deed. WASHINGTON.

_Exstant recte factus praemia._ Rewards await right actions. COFFIN.

_Fais bien crains rein._ Do well, fear nothing. COLDEN. PINTARD.

_Faithful and brave._ UNIACKE.

_Fama praestante praestantior virtus._ Virtue more glorious than glorious fame. MORGAN.

_Fama sed virtus non moriatur._ Fame, but not virtue, will die. INGERSOLL.

_Fare fac._ Say and do. FAIRFAX.

_Fari aude._ Dare to speak. CHILD.

_Fan quae sentiat._ To speak what he may think. APTHORP. RANDOLPH. TYLER.

_Fiat justitia._ Let justice be done. BROWNE.

_Fide et amicitia._ By fidelity and friendship. PORCELLIAN SOCIETY LIBRARY.

_Fide, sed cui vide._ Trust, but in whom take care. LUDLOW.

_Fidelity._ PAULDING.

_Fidem servabo._ I will keep faith. EMERSON.

_Fidem servabo genusque._ I will be true to my faith and my race. SMITH.

_Fidem servat vinculaque solvit._ He keeps faith, and breaks his chains. CADENA.

_Fides scutum._ Faith a shield. BRUEN.

_Finis coronat opus._ The end crowns the work. SMITH.

_Firm._ STEARNS.

_Floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia, libant omnia nos._ As bees in the flowery meadows taste all, so we taste of all. WILLIAMS.

_Flourish in all weathers._ ERVING.

_Follow reason._ SPOONER.

_Fors et virtus._ Fortune and virtue. DE LOTBINIERE.

_Forti non deficit telum._ The brave lack not weapons. WATTS.

_Fortior quo rectior._ He is strongest who is nearest right. SARGENT.

_Fortis et fidelis._ Brave and faithful. WATKINS.

_Fortis et fidus._ Brave and trusty. MIDDLETON.

_Fortis et veritas._ Brave and truthful. MARCH.

_Fortiter! Ascende!_ Courage! Climb! ERASMUS HALL LIBRARY.

_Fortiter et fideliter._ Boldly and faithfully. COX.

_Fortitudo et justitia._ Bravery and justice. JUDAH.

_Fortuna petit, honestas manet._ Fortune perishes, honesty endures. BEETE.

_Foy en Dieu._ Faith in God. BARTRAM.

_Frangas non flectas._ You may break, not bend. BLANC.

_Freedom and Unity._ STEVENS.

_Furth--Fortune._ MURRAY.

_Gaudeo._ I rejoice. BROWN.

_Gaudia magna nuncio._ I bring tidings of great joy. SCOTT.

_Gloria._ Glory. CHAUNCEY.

_God grant grace._ GRACIE.

_Habeo pro jus fasque._ I hold by human and divine right. CUSHMAN.

_Haec etiam parentibus._ This also for those who obey. HOOPER.

_Hazard zit forward._ SETON.

_Hermes eloquio potens recludit_ _Fontes, ecce, suos: et ampliora_ _Vena Pierii fluunt liquores:_ _Atque arces reserat suas Minerva._

Behold, Hermes, powerful in eloquence, discloses his fountains: and Pierian liquors flow forth from the ample spring. And again Minerva takes her place on her citadel. BROTHERS IN UNITY.

_Hinc labor et virtus._ Hence labor and virtue. ALLISON.

_Hoc age._ Do this. IZARD.

_Honestum praetulit utili._ He has preferred honor to profit. KISSAM.

_Honor virtutis praemium._ Honor the reward of virtue. BREARLY. PROCTOR.

_Honore et amore._ With honor and love. HAMERSLEY.

_Honore et fide._ With honor and trust. SEARS.

_Hora é sempre._ Now and always. JARVIS.

_I pensieri stretti ed il viso sciolto._ The thoughts secret and the face open. LUDWELL.

_Ignotis errare locis ignota videre,_ _Flumina gaudebat: studio minuente laborem._

He loved to wander in unknown places, to see unknown rivers: pleasure making the labor light. EUSTACE.

_Ille ego qui ad sanandos vivos seco mortuos._ I am he who cuts up the dead to heal the living. MALVIANS.

_Immortalitas._ Immortality. LINONIAN SOCIETY LIBRARY.

_Impavide._ Fearlessly. POWER.

_Improve your hours for they never return._ GUILFORD LIBRARY.

_In cruce salus._ In the cross is salvation. LAWRENCE.

_In Deo fides._ My trust is in God. GRAY.

_In Domino confido._ I trust in the Lord. ASSHETON.

_In fide et in bello fortis._ Strong in faith and war. CARROLL.

_In futura spector._ I regard the future. PIERCE.

_In God we hope._ WHITRIDGE.

_In God we trust._ SCOTT.

_In hoc signo vinces._ Under this sign thou shalt conquer. EUSTACE.

_In lumine tuo videbimus lumen._ In thy light shall we see light. COLUMBIA COLLEGE LIBRARY.

_In medio tutissimus ibis._ Thou wilt go safest in the middle. CARY. SUMNER.

_In prudentia et simplicitate._ With caution and candor. VAUGHAN.

_In silentio et spe._ In silence and hope. VAN BERKEL.

_In tenebris lucidior._ The brighter in darkness. INGLIS.

In reference to the _crest_,--A star surrounded by clouds.

_Incorrupta fides nudaque veritas._ Uncorrupted faith and naked truth. STEPHENS.

_Indefessus vigilando._ I will watch unweariedly. READ.

_Independence._ JACKSON.

_Indure but hope._ BARRELL.

_Initium sapientiae est timor Domini._ (Prov. i. 7. Ps. cxi. 10.) The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. MARTIN.

_Innocenter, patienter, constanter._ Blamelessly, patiently, constantly. STILLE.

_Integra mens augustissima possessio._ An honest mind is the most glorious possession. MEREDITH.

_Inter feros per crucem ad coronam._ Among wild beasts by the cross to the crown. STOWE.

_Inter folia fructus._ Among the flowers the fruit. HUMPHREY.

_J’avance._ I advance. BARTRAM.

_J’espère en Dieu._ I hope in God. RAY.

_Je me fie en Dieu._ I trust in God. DE BLOIS.

_Je recois pour donner._ I receive to distribute. INNES.

_Jovae praestat fidere quam homine._ It is better to trust in God than man. STUYVESANT.

_Judicemur agendo._ Let us be judged by our deeds. HICKS.

_Juncta virtute fides._ Fidelity joined to bravery. MURRAY.

_Jura sunt mea: vindicabo._ These are my rights: I will defend them. TAYLOR.

_Juste rem para._ Prepare the thing justly. APTHORP.

_Justice, Truth._ STONE.

_Labor omnia vincit._ Labor conquers all things. LONGBOTTOM.

_Labor to rest._ KEMPE.

_Labore._ By labor. YOUNG.

_L’amour et l’amitié._ Love and friendship. OLIVER.

_Law and Right._ ALLEN.

_Lectorem delectando partique monendo._ To please the reader and partly to admonish. COX.

_Lege et intellige._ By law and reason. SIMPSON.

_Lege et ratione._ By law and reason. CROOKSHANK.

_Legibus vivo._ I live by the law. LISLE.

_Lex libertas salusque gentis._ Law, liberty and the safety of the race. GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.

_Libertas._ Liberty. PRIDE.

_Libertas et natale solum._ Liberty and my native soil. SITGREAVES.

_Libertas et patria mea._ Liberty and my country. GILES. UNIDENTIFIED PLATE.

_Libertatem, amicitiam retenebis et fidem._ You will keep liberty, friendship and good faith. ADAMS.

_Literatura mentem excandit._ Literature brightens the mind. WELCH.

_Live to truth._ MASTERTON.

_Loyal au mort._ Loyal to death. BELCHER. KING.

_Loyal jusqu’à la Mort._ Loyal even unto death. BELCHER.

_Loyez ferme._ Be steadfast. CLARKE.

_Luceo non uro._ I shine but do not burn. MCKENZIE.

_Lucidior in tenebris._ The brighter in darkness. INGLIS.

_L’un pour l’autre._ For each other. SAMUELS.

_Magnanimus esto._ Be great-souled. INGRAHAM.

_Malo mori quam foedari._ I would rather die than be disgraced. BETTS. MURRAY.

_Manet amicitia florebit que semper._ Friendship endures and is in perpetual bloom. FRANCIS. PIERPONT.

_Maximae divitiae sunt prae doctrina et scientia contemnendae: sed virtus omnibus praestat._ The greatest riches are to be despised compared with learning and wisdom: but virtue excels all. VINTON.

_May concord prevail and the undertaking prosper._ ALBANY SOCIETY LIBRARY.

_Mediocria firma._ The middle course is safe. LARDNER.

_Meliora non opto._ I desire no better things. JACKSON.

_Meliora spero._ I hope for better things. PANTON.

_Mens sibi conscia recti._ A mind conscious of its rectitude. MURRAY.

_Mens in arduis aequa._ A mind calm in the midst of difficulties. ABERCROMBIE.

_Mille malis salutis habeo, species mille._ In a thousand evils I have a thousand chances of safety. FOSTER.

_Miseris succerrere disco._ I learn to succor the unfortunate. LIVERMORE. RUSH.

_Modestia victorex._ Modesty supreme. SULLIVAN.

_Moveo et proficio._ I advance and progress. KNOX.

_Multum legendum._ Much to be read. WHITE.

_My hope on high._ BEDLOW.

_My might makes right._ MACKEY.

_Natura duces._ Nature shall lead. MASS. MEDICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY.

_Naturae convenienter vivere._ To live conformably to Nature. LUDLOW.

_Ne cede malis._ Yield not to misfortune. CHASE.

_Ne crede colori._ Trust not to color. SMITH.

_Ne oublie._ Do not forget. GRAHAM.

_Ne parcas nec spernas._ Neither spare nor scorn. YATES.

_Ne quid nimis._ Not too much of anything. TAZEWELL.

_Nec aspera terrent._ Difficulties do not daunt. SMITH.

_Nec degener._ I do not degenerate. SILVESTER.

_Nec elatus nec dejectus._ Neither overjoyed nor overworried. THOMAS.

_Nec gladio nec arcu._ Not by sword or bow. DUDLEY.

_Nec quaerere honorem nec sperne._ Neither to seek nor to despise honor. SARGENT.

_Nec sorte nec fato._ Neither by chance nor fate. RUTHERORD.

_Nec spe nec metu._ Neither by hope or dread. READ.

_Nec te quaesiveris extra._ Seek not beyond yourself. HARISON.

_Nec timeo nec sperno._ I neither fear nor despise. GREENE.

_Nemo nisi Christus._ Nothing unless Christ. APTHORP.

_Never check._ HAWKS.

_Never despair._ PINTARD.

_Nihil me tangere._ Nothing smirches me. STEARNS.

_Nil conscire sibi._ To have a conscience free from guilt. PRESCOTT.

_Nil desperandum._ Never despair. SHEPHEARD. SHEPPARD. STEWART.

_Nil facimus non sponte Dei._ We do nothing but by the will of God. ATKINSON.

_Nil sine Deo._ Nothing without God. WALDO.

_Nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus._ Life gives nothing to mortals without great labor. EVARTS.

_Nil utile quod non honestum._ Nothing useful that is not honest. SMITH.

_Nobilis ira._ Noble in anger. STEWART.

_Nocturna versate manu, versate diurna._ (Hor.) Ponder night and day. ROBBINS.

_Non est vivere sed valere vita._ Not living, but health, is life. MOORE.

_Non flectere a vero._ Not to be moved from the truth. LIVIUS.

_Non incautus futuri._ Not heedless of the future. LEE.

_Non nobis solum._ Not for ourselves alone. DRAYTON. ELIOT.

_Non oblitus._ Not forgotten. MCTAVISH.

_Non reverter invitus._ Reluctantly I do not return. JENKINS.

_Non sibi sed aliis._ Not for himself, but for others. OLMSTED.

_Non sibi sed patriae._ Not for himself, but for his country. HILL.

_Non vi sed voluntate._ Not by force, but good will. BOUCHER.

_Nosce te ipsum._ Know thyself. EDWARDS. NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY.

_Not always so._ BARRELL.

_Nulla pallescere culpa._ To turn pale from no crime. BYRD.

_Nulli praeda._ A prey to no one. DEANE.

_Nullus in verba._ (Hor. _Ep._ Lib. I. i. 14.) At the dictation of no man. MAXEY.

_Nunc mihi nunc alii._ Now for myself, now for another. WORMELEY.

_Nunquam non paratus._ Never unprepared. JOHNSTON.

_Occasionem cognoscere._ To perceive the opportunity. LOWELL.

_Omnes fremant licet dicam quod sentio._ Though all rage, I shall say what I think. SMITH.

_Omni fortunae paratus._ Ready for any fortune. FORBES.

_Omnia Deo pendent._ All things depend on God. STOCKTON.

_Omnia relinquit servare rempublicam._ He leaves all to serve the state. TUBERVILLE.

_Par espérance et activité nous surmontons._ By hope and work we overcome. GORHAM.

_Par pari._ Equal to my equal. WALL.

_Patior ut potior._ I endure as I can. SPOTSWOOD.

_Patria cara carior libertas._ Dear is country, dearer is liberty. BROWN. CLINTON. MARCHANT.

_Patria veritas fides._ Country, truth, faith. EVERETT.

_Pauper non in spe._ Not poor in hope. POOR.

_Pax et amor._ Peace and love. BACKHOUSE.

_Pax et copia._ Peace and plenty. JONES.

_Pax hospitia ruris._ Grateful peace of the country. JONES.

_Pax in bello._ Peace in war. PRIOLEAU.

_Pax quaeritur bello._ Peace is secured by war. OLIVER.

_Pectore puro._ With a pure heart. ROYALL.

_Pelle timorem._ Drive off fear. WHATLEY.

_Peperi._ I have brought forth. PEPPERRELL.

_Per aspera ad astra._ Through trials to glory. JOHNSON.

_Per varios casus._ By various fortunes. MERCER.

_Perge coepisti._ Go on as you have begun. TEN BROECK.

_Perit ut vivat._ He dies that he may live. FENWICK. MAGILL.

_Persevere._ GALLATIN.

_Pia mente studeatur._ Study with reverent mind. PHILLIPS ACADEMY.

_Piety is peace._ HOPKINS.

_Post tenebras speramus lumen de lumine._ After the darkness we hope for the light of the day. COFFIN.

_Postero ne credo._ Trust not the future. CUTTING.

_Praestat opes sapientia._ Wisdom excels wealth. LIVINGSTON.

_Pro aris et focis._ For our altars and our firesides. BLOOMFIELD.

_Pro Deo et nobilissima patria Batavorum._ For God and my most noble country, Batavia. VAN NESS.

_Pro lege et rege._ For the law and the king. CHILD. HICKS. WHITEBREAD.

_Pro libertate._ For liberty. PROVOOST.

_Pro patria._ For my country. WALLACE.

_Pro patria mori._ For country, die. GARDINER.

_Pro patria semper._ Always for my country. FITZHUGH.

_Pro rege et patria._ For the king and fatherland. CHAMPION.

_Probitas laudatur et laget._ Honesty is praised and is left to starve. ANTILL.

_Probitate et industria._ By honesty and industry. BRIDGEN.

_Procurator industria._ Industry the chief. FRAUNCES.

_Progredi non regredi._ To advance, not to recede. RUTLEDGE.

_Propere et provide._ Quickly and carefully. ROBINSON.

_Proprium decus et petrum._ POWEL.

_Prospicere quam ulcisci._ Overlook rather than avenge. MAINGAULT.

_Providentia sumus._ We are providence. BLATCHFORD.

_Prudenter et simpliciter._ Discreetly and simply. VAUGHAN.

_Pugna pro patria libertas._ I fight for the liberty of my country. MARTIN.

_Qui contentus felix._ Happy he who is content. SMITH.

_Quicscit in perfecto._ He rests in labor completed. LINONIAN SOCIETY LIBRARY.

_Quo cunque ferar._ Whithersoever I may be carried. ST. CLAIR.

_Quo fata vocant._ Where the fates call. BAY. ERVING. VOSE.

_Quo vocat virtus._ Where virtue calls. JAUNCEY.

_Quod fieri non vis alteri ne fueris._ Do not that which you would not wish another to do. COCK.

_Recte et suaviter._ Justly and mildly. KING.

_Recte faciendo securus._ Safe in acting justly. INGLIS.

_Refero._ I bring back. WALL.

_Respice finum._ Regard the end. MCMURTRIE.

_Reviresco._ I become young again. MAXWELL.

_Robori prudentia praestat._ Discretion is more than strength. YOUNG.

_Rosae inter spinas nascunter._ Roses are found among the thorns. THORNDIKE.

_Sacra quercus._ Holy oak. HOLYOKE.

_Saepe pro rege, semper pro republica._ Often for the king, always for the commonwealth. VASSALL.

_Sans changer._ Without changing. MUSGRAVE.

_Sans Dieu je ne puis._ Without God I cannot do it. SKIPWITH.

_Sapienter si sincere._ Wisely if sincerely. DAVIDSON.

_Secundis dubiisque rectus._ Upright both in prosperity and perils. WYTHE.

_Seges votis respondet._ The crop responds to the prayers. HASTY PUDDING CLUB LIBRARY.

_Semper caveto._ Be always on guard. BALL.

_Semper fidelis._ Always faithful. SCHUYLER.

_Semper idem._ Always the same. CLARK.

_Semper paratus._ Always prepared. DUNNING. EVERDELL. MCCOUN. HOPKINSON.

_Serva jugum._ Keep the yoke. HAY.

_Simplius sicut columbae._ More harmless than a dove. THE BISHOP OF JAMAICA.

_Sine Deo careo._ Without God I want. CARY.

_Sine virtute vani sunt honores._ Without virtue, honors are vain. BOZMAN.

_Sol sapientiae nunquam occidet._ The sun of wisdom never shall set. SOCIAL FRIENDS’ LIBRARY.

_Sola bona quae honesta._ Those things only are good which are honest. HUNTER.

_Sola salus servire Deo._ The only safe course is to serve God. BURKE. JARVIS. MORONG.

_Soli Deo gloria et honor._ Glory and honor be to God alone. BOUDINOT.

_Solus minus solus._ Alone yet not alone. MUHLENBERG.

_Sperne successus alit._ Success nourishes, but to scorn. GURNEY.

_Spero meliora._ I hope for better things. LIVINGSTON. LUDLOW. PANTON.

_Spes mea in Deo._ My trust is in God. CABELL.

_Spes meliora._ The hope of better things. PANTON.

_Spes vincit terrorem._ Hope conquers all fears. WINTHROP.

_Stand sure._ GRANT.

_Strive for glory._ VAVASOUR.

_Study to know thyself._ GREENE.

_Stultum est in foro sigtare._ It is foolish to shoot arrows in the forum. UNIDENTIFIED PLATE.

_Sublimiora petamus._ Let us seek loftier things. BANCKER.

_Sublimis per ardua tendo._ To the heights through hardships I tend. CHAUNCEY.

_Sursum corda._ Hearts upward. BANCROFT.

_Sustinere._ Bear. BROOKS.

_Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go, for she is thy life._ (Prov. iv. 13.) PHILADELPHIA APPRENTICES’ LIBRARY.

_Tandem vincitur._ At length he is conquered. MORRIS.

_Tantes da dir._ RUTGERS.

_Tentanda via est._ The way must be tried. WETMORE.

_Terra aut mari._ By land or sea. PARKE.

_The North against the World._ EDWARDS.

_This I’ll defend._ MCFARLAN.

_Toujours le même._ Always the same. GILES.

_Toujours fidèle._ Always faithful. HORRY.

_Toujours prest._ Always ready. CARMICHAEL.

_Tout en bonne heure._ All in good time. HICKS.

_To Virtue & Science attend,_ _And Truth & Justice defend._ NEWBERRY.

_Transiens adjuvanos._ Crossing the sea to help. SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS.

_Trust in God._ JONES.

_Try._ BRAZER.

_Tutus si fortis._ Safe if brave. SMITH.

_Ubi libertas ibi patria._ Where liberty prevails there is my country. DINWIDDIE. WEIBERG.

_Ubi plura nitent paucis non offendar maculis._ Where the most is bright, let me not be offended by a few spots. WALKER.

_Ubi plura offendar maculis nitent non ego paucis._ Where the most is bright, I shall not be offended by a few spots. DANFORTH.

_Un loy, un roy, un foy._ One law, one king, one faith. HERBERT.

_Ut aquila versus coelum._ Like the eagle to heaven. BOWDOIN.

_Ut quiescas labora._ Labor that you may rest. GALLAUDET.

_Utere mundo._ Use the world. BLACKLEY.

_Utraque unum._ With either one. GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.

_Vera pro gratis._ True rather than pleasing. WEBSTER.

_Veritas._ Truth. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY.

_Veritas vincit omnia._ Truth conquers all things. WATERHOUSE.

_Vérité sans peur._ Truth without fear. PETIGRU.

_Verum atque decens._ The truth and rectitude. WELD.

_Verum dicet._ He speaks the truth. STANFORD.

_Verus in actione consistit._ Truth consists in action. CRAVEN.

_Vestigia nulla retrorsum._ (Hor. _Ep._ i. I. 73.) No steps backward. KIP.

_Vestra cura alitur._ Nourished by our care. SOCIAL LAW LIBRARY.

_Vi et virtute._ By strength and courage. SPAIGHT.

_Via ad cordem._ The way to the heart. WISNER.

_Victoria aut mors._ Victory or death. KIP.

_Videte et cavete ab avaritia._ Recognize and beware of avarice. POWNALL.

_Vigila._ Watch. ANDERSON.

_Vigilemus ut vigilantis._ Let us watch as those who are vigilant. U. S. NAVY.

_Vincit amor patriae._ The love of country surpasses all things. PENNINGTON.

“Vincet amor patriae laudumque immensa cupido.”--Virg. _Æn._ vi. 823.