| Show XH i many good reasons for use of latin mottoes A writer lins has raised the question as to why the mottoes on coat armor and public shields graduation diplomas etc are in latin bald not tn in there Is something lo in the point so far us as recent creations cren tlona are concerned and if modern private individuals divi duals or public bodies want to dds play piny some profound truth on a shield there are reasons why it should be lone done in english sometimes it Is the reason for so many latin mottoes goer goe back to the foundations of civic life fire in great britain the elegance of the latin tongue apart it was up to three centuries ago an instrument of gov eov ern ment the language too loo of affairs and the recognized means of communication ni clea tion between the educated classes of europe it Is not so now but tb the vowel beauty of tile the latin tongue dies tined for example ave Numer Ner antor Avo has both in sound and sight more of elegance than alinn the english form 1 I follow a long line of races try ancestry Is 18 perhaps the beat of excuses for retail retaining ning tile alie latin it Is something which although old Is not odd london times |
