Great Seal of the United States by Paul Foster Case
By Paul Foster Case
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What else but that the wise men who established our republic knew that the time would come when the work of men, which is represented by the unfinished pyramid, would have to be completed by a power higher than man? When the individual "stones" of the temple of government, the persons com osing the body politic, awaken to the truths so clearly recordecf in the Declaration of Independence and so B + plainly set forth in the symbolism of the seal, then we shall have the completion of the structure begun in 1776.
Its title page carried that same motto and it is quite possible that it influenced the creators of the seal. The thirteen letters of E Pluribus Unum are divided into three words consisting of 1, 8, and 4 letters, resepectively. These numbers correspond to the letters Aleph, Chet, and Dalet, spelling the word (Echad, One), which is the basis of the Unity Holograph. Clearly, no human could have contrived such a coincidence - the phrase is standard Latin that was in use before the seal was even conceived.
Clouds surrounding glory ........................................................... 19 13 Letters in E PLURIBUS UNUM Feathers in eagle's wings ............................................................ 65 Stripes on escutcheon ............................................. -......................... 13 Feathers in eagle's tail .............................................................. 9 Olive leaves and berries ................................................................ 2 6 Arrows .......................................................................................................