Sun-dials 



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den seat near a sun-dial, especially when it is a work 

 of art to be studied, and with mottoes to be remem- 

 bered. For even in hurrying America the sun-dial 

 seems like a guide-post a half-human thing, 

 for which we 

 can feel an al- 

 most persona] 

 interest. 



The figure 

 of a sun-dial 

 played an in- 

 teresting part 

 in the early 

 history of the 

 United States. 

 In the first set 

 of notes issued 

 for currency 

 by the Amer- 

 ican Congress 

 was one for 

 the value of 

 one third of a 

 dollar. One 

 side has the 

 chain of links 

 bearing the names of the thirteen states, enclosing a 

 sunburst bearing the words, American Congress^ We 

 are One. The reverse side is shown on this page. 

 It bears a print of a sun-dial, with the motto, Fugto, 

 Mind Tour Business. The so-called " Franklin cent" 

 has a similar design of a sun-dial with the same motto, 



f.'iONE THI 



Fugio Bank-note. 



