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From: citrin@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Wayne Citrin)
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia
Subject: Re: E Pluribus Unum
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Date: Mon, 23-Dec-85 02:09:47 EST
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In article <201@nybcb.UUCP> daly@nybcb.UUCP (daly) writes:
>Any trivia buffs out there know what E Pluribus Unum means ???
>

It means "Out of many, one," referring to the union of the states.
For your information, this is the motto on the reverse of the Great
Seal of the United States.  (Both sides can of course be seen on the
back of the dollar bill).  On the obverse of the Great Seal we find:

"Novus Ordo Seclorum" - Literally, "A new order of the ages."  More of
   less it means "History begins with us."  The Founding Fathers apparently
   knew they had accomplished something important.

"Annuit Coeptis" - I'm not sure, but I seem to remember reading that it 
   meant something like "Providence has approved of us," but I'm not
   sure.  Unfortunately I left my Latin textbook at home.  Perhaps some
   other scholar can clear this up.

Wayne Citrin
(ucbvax!citrin)