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English: The seal of the American Antiquarian Society , which reads "nec poterit ferrum nec edax abolere vetustas" , of Ovid, Metamorphoses (Book 15, l.872), translated “Now I have completed my work, which neither sword nor devouring Time will be able to destroy".
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Source The American Antiquarian Society, 1812-2012 - A View at the Bicentennial
Author Isaiah Thomas , designer; John Ritto Penniman , painter
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