E pluribus unum, Latin for "Out of numerous, one", can be a motto requested by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere (originally Pierre-Eugène Ducimetière) and discovered in 1776 on the Seal in the United States, as well as Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum, and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782.[1] The phrase is comparable to a Latin translation of a variation of Heraclitus' 10th fragment, "Out of all points a single, a single away from all issues." A variant with the phrase was employed in Moretum, a poem attributed to Virgil but while using the actual author unknown. Inside the poem text, color est e pluribus unus describes the blending of colors into a single. St Augustine used a variant of the phrase, ex pluribus unum, in his Confessions. In the time from the American Revolution, the exact phrase appeared prominently around the title page of the common periodical, The Gentleman's Magazine,[2][3][4] which collected content articles from many sources into one "magazine".
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