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  E pluribus unum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
E pluribus unum was one of the first national mottos of the United States of America.
In 1956,E pluribus unum was superseded by "In God We Trust" as the national motto by United States Code, Title 36, Subtitle I, Part A, Chapter 3, Section 302.
The legend "E pluribus unum" was used on the title pages of the annual volumes that contained a collection of the year's twelve editions of the magazine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/E_pluribus_unum   (507 words)

  
 The E Pluribus Unum Project
Welcome to The E Pluribus Unum Project, designed for the use of students, teachers, and other researchers who wish to examine the attempt to make "one from many" in three critical decades of American life: the 1770s, the 1850s, and the 1920s.
"E Pluribus Unum" was the motto proposed for the first Great Seal of the United States by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson in 1776.
The E Pluribus Unum Project is funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
www.assumption.edu /ahc   (593 words)

  
 E Pluribus Unum
If we take E Pluribus Unum seriously as a motto, it also points beyond political alliances to a spiritual role that America has charted for itself: to lead towards increasingly greater wholes, especially ones that are more integrated, healthy, and inclusive.
Some of the shifts into alignment with E Pluribus Unum are on their way to being accomplished.
Spiritually, aligning with E Pluribus Unum means we need to outgrow seeing ourselves primarily as Americans and begin to foster a sense of ourselves as global citizens.
www.opednews.com /articles/opedne_stephen__060203_e_pluribus_unum.htm   (823 words)

  
 E Pluribus Unum - Origin and Meaning of the Motto Carried by the American Eagle
E Pluribus Unum - Origin and Meaning of the Motto Carried by the American Eagle
"E Pluribus Unum" was suggested by the committee Congress appointed on July 4, 1776 to design "a seal for the United States of America." The below sketch of their design accompanied a detailed description of their idea for the new nation's official emblem.
By weaving together symbolic elements from each committee, Charles Thomson created a Great Seal that is itself an example of E pluribus unum: a synthesis of ideas and images.
www.greatseal.com /mottoes/unum.html   (570 words)

  
 Xavier University: Peace & Justice Programs: Peace Studies Minor
E Pluribus Unum acquaints students with the diversity of voices they will hear during their university years.
E Pluribus Unum introduces Xavier students to the opportunities cultural diversity presents, and to the issues of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination and their relation to the exercise of power in America.
By the end of the course students will have an increased awareness of their own attitudes and behavior regarding diversity, and will be able to identify ways in which they can continue responsible involvement with the issues raised in the class.
www.xu.edu /peace/culturaldiversity.htm   (885 words)

  
 Hutchison Capitol Comment - E Pluribus Unum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Most people know that George Washington is depicted on the front of the quarter, but you may not have noticed the motto on the back: “E Pluribus Unum.” This official motto of the United States is on all of our coins.
“E Pluribus Unum” has taken on additional meaning over the years as America has welcomed people from all over the world and added states to our union.
The new quarters, honoring each of the 50 states, will all feature the motto “E Pluribus Unum.” This is appropriate because all states comprise one united nation.
www.senate.gov /~hutchison/ccepluribusunum.htm   (688 words)

  
 U.S. Treasury - FAQs: Portraits&Designs of Coins
"The motto "E Pluribus Unum" was first used on our coinage in 1795, when the reverse of the half-eagle ($5 gold) coin presented the main features of the Great Seal of the United States.
The motto was added to certain silver coins in 1798, and soon appeared on all of the coins made out of precious metals (gold and silver).
State Quarter designs will be selected and approved by the process established by Secretary of the Treasury Robert E. Rubin on January 9, 1998, in accordance with Public Law 105-124.
www.ustreas.gov /education/faq/coins/portraits.shtml   (2018 words)

  
 E Pluribus Unum
E Pluribus Unum -- Worth the Effort to Protect and Advocate
Proposed in 1776 and adopted in 1782, E Pluribus Unum: Latin for “Out of many…one” championed the key principle in the new nation.
The Oklahoma State Legislature recently passed a law permitting the posting of both the E Pluribus Unum motto and the In God We Trust motto in public school classrooms.
www.auok.org /e_pluribus_unum.htm   (485 words)

  
 McClintic Library - E Pluribus Unum
The collection is a resource for the public to build a deeper understanding of the value of a diverse population, to develop civil respect and responsibility for all persons, and to overcome forces that seek to exclude people due to ethnic, gender, racial, or religious backgrounds.
The E Pluribus Unum library collection and program takes a positive, proactive stance toward the respect for all people in accordance with the American Library Association's position on diversity.
The Pearl S. Buck E Pluribus Unum Children's Collection contains materials that develop in children an appreciation for human diversity, challenge them to engage the ongoing struggle for civil justice, and envision them to build a harmonious world.
www.pocahontaslibrary.org /mc/epu.htm   (471 words)

  
 Politics/e pluribus unum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A while ago, Ewan or somebody asked whether the American^W UnitedStatesean motto "E Pluribus Unum" came from an ancient salad recipe.
"E plurbus unus" (not unum) does occur in Virgil's "Moretum," a poem that can be described as a salad recipe.
During the mashing of the garlic and green herbs, Virgil describes the colors blending into one ("color est e pluribus unus"), at line 102 or 104 depending on which edition you use.
tafkac.org /politics/e_pluribus_unum.html   (235 words)

  
 Amazon.com: E Pluribus Unum: Books: Forrest McDonald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In his two most important books, E Pluribus Unum and Novus Oedo Seclorum, he revealed the philosophical influences as well as the economic ones that guided the minds of the Founders and their contemporaries.
~E Pluribus Unum: The Formation of the American Republic, 1776-1790~ is an astute and intriguing look at the formative years of the American Republic.
The United States was taking shape from the days of the Confederation to the 1787 Constitutional Convention and many pivotal debates emerged as to the nature of the burgeoning federal republic.
www.amazon.com /E-Pluribus-Unum-Forrest-McDonald/dp/0913966592   (1419 words)

  
 Language Log: E pluribus unum: a Latin quiz
Recently The Economist, in the course of an editorial arguing that the EC is too diverse a collection of nations to be politically unified, used a waggish subhead created by switching around the USA's motto E pluribus unum ("out of many, one").
If that's grammatical at all in Latin, it has the same meaning as the original; it doesn't mean "out of one, many", though it was intended to suggest that thought to the English-speaking reader.
Six use e for "from or out of", and six choose the variant form ex.
itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/002295.html   (366 words)

  
 E Pluribus Unum -- Funny Money
There was a time when another motto found on our money held a more prominent place in the minds of Americans: E Pluribus Unum.
The founders of our nation, however, intended E Pluribus Unum to be interpreted in the opposite manner: as a motto of respect for diversity.
They believed that for our democratic republic to succeed, the American people would have to be ensured the freedom of conscience and expression of conscience necessary to act as independent, constructive citizens.
www.irregulartimes.com /epluribus.html   (2323 words)

  
 E Pluribus Unum
According to our resident staff Latin expert, Sexton Jerry Greenwalt, it is pronounced: E Pluribus Unum—Out of Many, One.
Each year the twelve monthly issues were bound together by a thirteenth to become a single volume.
On the title page was written E Pluribus Unum—From many, One.
fccbucc.pair.com /e_pluribus_unum.htm   (1618 words)

  
 Insurance Scrawl: E Pluribus Unum: Number of Occurrences for Asbestos Claims (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Insurance Scrawl: E Pluribus Unum: Number of Occurrences for Asbestos Claims (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)
E Pluribus Unum: Number of Occurrences for Asbestos Claims
Like the asbestos litigation that spawns the liability for which insurance recovery is sought, insurance-coverage litigation for asbestos liabilities continues.
www.insurancescrawl.com.cob-web.org:8888 /archives/2005/08/e_pluribus_unum.html   (1796 words)

  
 Mark Alexander - E pluribus unum?
As always, The Patriot advocates for the restoration of American principles and the adoption of those principles by all who seek to be called "American."
Will we ever again be a nation committed to the principle of E pluribus unum?
In 1956, the 84th Congress declared our official national motto to be "In God we trust." This motto is especially instructive amid all the current political pandemonium, for only through God can we all truly become one.
patriotpost.us /alexander/edition.asp?id=472   (2150 words)

  
 e pluribus unum definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
e pluribus unum definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
Search for "e pluribus unum" in all of MSN Encarta
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encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861608900/e_pluribus_unum.html   (93 words)

  
 U.S. national mottos: History and constitutionality   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
"E Pluribus Unum" is Latin for "One from many" or "One from many parts." It refers to the welding of a single federal state from a group of individual political units -- originally colonies and now states.
The first design, submitted to Congress on 1776-AUG-10 used the motto "E Pluribus Unum.
The motto "E Pluribus Unum" appeared on a scroll held in its beak.
www.religioustolerance.org /nat_mott.htm   (1829 words)

  
 Manitou Communications - E Pluribus Unum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
By: Sandy Sela-Smith, Ph.D. & Benjamin B. Keyes, Ph.D. E Pluribus Unum is a unique contribution to the field.
There is a third feature of E Pluribus Unum that makes it a triply unique document: the client, Dr. Sela-Smith, has been integrated for ten years.
From the Foreword by Colin A. Ross, M.D. E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many.
www.rossinst.com /e_pluribus_unum.html   (265 words)

  
 E Pluribus Unum - Kupfer
One objective of E Pluribus Unum is to see how our nation has evolved from the original thirteen colonies into what it is today.
They explore the origin of the motto E Pluribus Unum (Out Of Many, Comes One), which is found on our coins, and research the lives of Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea, the women featured on the dollar coins.
All of their work is then laminated and bound into a book that stays in the school as a memento of their accomplishment.
www.teachersnetwork.org /impactii/profiles01_02/kupfer.htm   (567 words)

  
 Hawaii Reporter: Hawaii Reporter
E Pluribus Unum: Debating the Legality of the Akaka Bill
E Pluribus Unum is the nation’s birth certificate.
Ben Franklin sermonized that if we do not all hang together; we assuredly shall all hang separately.
www.hawaiireporter.com /story.aspx?37bc8153-e0bf-4437-9ad2-de6ecd88596a   (1016 words)

  
 YLEM/E Pluribus Unum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I laid out working circuits in copper traces which are tin flashed to give them a silvery surface.
The result is a simple bare, unpopulated board.
Based on a latin phrase meaning "from many, one", E Pluribus Unum is the motto on the Great Seal of the United States of America.
www.ylem.org /artists/jpallas/EPU/EPU.HTM   (290 words)

  
 Integral Visioning - Stephen Dinan: E Pluribus Unum
Integral Visioning - Stephen Dinan: E Pluribus Unum
When we see ourselves exclusively as Americans who are looking out only for “our” interests, we perpetuate the sense of “many-ness” that breeds war, suspicion, and mistrust.
If you’d like to receive these weekly articles exploring a vision for Sacred America, you can sign up on the distribution list at groups.yahoo.com/group/stephendinan or visit stephendinan.com.
integralvisioning.org /article.php?story=sd-plurbus-unum   (713 words)

  
 1. E PLURIBUS UNUM: The American Consensus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The first part is an analysis of the American Proposition with regard to political unity.
The effort is to make a statement, later to be somewhat enlarged, of the essential contents of the American consensus, whereby we are made "e pluribus unum," one society subsisting amid multiple pluralisms.
Simply to make this statement is to show why American Catholics participate with ready conviction in the American consensus.
www.georgetown.edu /users/jlh3/Murray/whtt_c1_1954d.htm   (4537 words)

  
 Alan Wolfe, "Still E Pluribus Unum? Yes" , eJournal USA: Society & Values, December 2004
The fault line in America, we are frequently told, is religious in nature, gathering all those who believe strongly in God, whatever the God in which they believe, on one side, and those who do not see the hand of the divinity guiding all human action on the other.
If it turns out to be the case, however, that religion in America is as much a source of unity as it is of division, then the prospects for e pluribus unum are significantly enhanced.
Many of America's founders believed that a common morality required a common religion.
usinfo.state.gov /journals/itsv/1204/ijse/wolfe.htm   (2631 words)

  
 Greg's Head: E Pluribus Unum
They can come and join in this great nation that is the USA.
The latin phrase "E Pluribus Unum" is inscribed on our money, reminding us all that we are many from one.
I love that you can look at any ethnic group of people in the world and they could be Americans.
www.gregshead.net /2004/11/e-pluribus-unum.html   (1130 words)

  
 E Pluribus Unum - Conservative Politics Web Site
E Pluribus Unum - Conservative Politics Web Site
We all come from different backgrounds and those that were not born in this country bring with them different cultures.
Send an Email with the subject line "Update ME!"
www.thelandofthefree.net /E_Pluribus_Unum.html   (507 words)

  
 The E Pluribus Unum Legend Text
It is the heart, the breath, the lives blood that makes us what we are as a people.
The memory is and must always be, E Pluribus Unum.
Copyright © 2002 Historical Medical Art, LLC, All Rights Reserved
www.historicalmedicalart.com /text/epluribus-unum.html   (500 words)

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