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Idaho Symbols, State Motto
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"Esto Perpetua"
(Let it be Perpetual)
Adopted on March 14, 1891.
Language: Latin
"Esto Perpetua" has been translated as: "Let it be Perpetual"
This motto is attributed to venetian theologian and mathematician Pietro Sarpi (1552-1623) who, in 1623, applied it to the Republic of Venice. "Esto Perpetua", meaning (Mayest thou endure forever!), is, according to W. Francis H. King in his Classical and Foreign Quotations (J. Whitacker and Sons, Ltd., London, 1904, p. 90), supposed dying apostrophe of Pietro Sarpi (Fra Paolo) in speaking of his beloved Venice.
This motto was chosen by the Grange in 1867 and by the state of Idaho in 1891.
STATE SEAL
Idaho Session Laws, 1890 1891, pages 215 216.
AN ACT PROVIDING A GREAT SEAL FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO.
WHEREAS in compliance with a concurrent resolution adopted by the legislature, a joint committee of both houses has devised and recommended a great seal for the State of Idaho, and submitted the same to the legislature for its approval. Therefore,
Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
Section 1. That the design drawn and executed by Miss Emma Edwards, of Boise City, and reported and recommended by the select joint committee to devise a great seal for the State with the Latin motto "Esto Perpetua," be adopted, and is hereby made the great seal of the State of Idaho.
Approved March 14, 1891.
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