what is the state motto of massachusetts?
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem
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 Dartmouth 's motto , chosen by Eleazar Wheelock , is Vox clamantis in deserto . The Latin motto is literally translated as " A calling voice in the wilderness " , but is more often rendered as " A voice crying out in the wilderness " . The phrase appears five times in the Bible and is a reference to the college 's location on what was once the frontier of European settlement . Richard Hovey 's " Men of Dartmouth " was elected as the best of Dartmouth 's songs in 1896 , and became the school 's official song in 1926 . The song was retitled to " Alma Mater " in the 1980s when its lyrics were changed to refer to women as well as men . 

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 State motto : " Under God , the people rule " 

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 The university motto Ora et Labora translates from Latin as " pray and work " ; it adopted in 1870 from the Earl of Dalhousie 's motto to replace the university 's original one , which the administration believed did not convey confidence . The original motto was Forsan , which tranlsates as Perhaps , and first appeared in the first Dalhousie Gazette of 1869 . It was from Virgil 's epic poem Aeneid , Book 1 , line 203 , Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit , which translates as " Perhaps the time may come when these difficulties will be sweet to remember " . 

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 Massachusetts is hailed today from Maine to California as the winner of a shining triumph for straight Americanism . The voting booths of the old Bay State were a battleground for the nation . The ancient faith was under fire . Law and order formed the line of cleavage . The Governor was the Commander @-@ in @-@ chief , the people of the commonwealth were the invincible army , the issue was America , and in the triumph of that issue all America triumphs . 
