Dartmouth’s Latin motto, "Vox clamantis in deserto," translates into English as “the voice of one crying out in the wilderness.” The motto is taken from the Bible, where it first appears in Isaiah 40:3, and subsequently in the books of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John; and has its Dartmouth origins in the founding of the College in 1769, when Rev. Eleazar Wheelock established Dartmouth in the woods of New Hampshire "for the education and instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in this Land ... and also of English Youth and any others." The motto is emblazoned on the official College seal, used by Dartmouth’s trustees, and in some older forms of the Dartmouth shield.
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