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 personal 
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 Fugio Bank-note, 
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, Fugio , 
Mind Your Business. The so-called u Franklin cent” 
has a similar design of a sun-dial with the same motto, 
