
238: He Has Nodded on Our Undertakings
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
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The Story of the Great Seal of America
Charles thompson is the man who proposed that we would have the first official seal of the united states. So when you look at the back of a dollar bill, you'll see some mottos eplurbus unum and annuit co all three of those are classical phrases charles thompson found and brought to bear on the committee. The final version is the pyramid and the eye, but the great emphasis on providence is still there,. where the word annuet coeptus. It's greek chapters, like the first junk of chapters in the greek bible. And what does it mean? It translates as 'the father of god has nodded his approval
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