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posted by [personal profile] elanya at 10:43am on 27/06/2007 under ,
School mottos:

Fredericton High School: Palma Non Sine Pulvere: No success without work.
University of New Brunswick: Sapere Aude - Dare to be wise.
University of Sheffield: Rerum Cognoscere Causas - To discover the causes of things.
East Carolina University: Servire Latin - To serve (it was originally a teacher's college, for the record).
Texas A&M University: Does not have a coot Latin motto, but rather a kind of pain inducing 'tagline' of 'A Unique American Institution'

I think UNB still wins.
Mood:: 'disappointed' disappointed
Music:: Stars - Sleep Tonight
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posted by [identity profile] rumor-esq.livejournal.com at 04:38pm on 27/06/2007
Dare to be wise?

What does that even mean?
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 04:40pm on 27/06/2007
I always took it to mean to challenge yourself to both think critically about your actions and pursue learning and wisdom
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posted by [identity profile] rumor-esq.livejournal.com at 04:49pm on 27/06/2007
I agree that's the best interpretation, but I wonder if that's a very loose reading of "dare".

...Maybe not. I suppose critical thinking does require a lot of courage of a certain sort. Certainly unpleasant truths do!
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posted by (anonymous) at 04:40pm on 27/06/2007
King Solomon dared to be ( and was) wise - He "sought to discover the meaning of all things under heaven", so he would have identified with UNB or Sheffield as a young man....

-UnO WhO
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 04:47pm on 27/06/2007
Thanks dad ;p
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but it was vanity, and vexation of the spirit!

posted by [identity profile] longpig.livejournal.com at 05:15pm on 27/06/2007
Hee hee hee.
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posted by [identity profile] etir.livejournal.com at 01:18pm on 28/06/2007
Texas A&M would have a latin motto if they could just figure out how to translate "Yeehaw"!
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