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The Seal |
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The seal shows a sailing-vessel approaching the coast,
a palm tree, a plow and a spade on the shore, a dove on the wing with an
open scroll in its claws and the sun just emerging from the waters. Above
the emblem the national motto: THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE and
beneath it, the words REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA. The symbols of the seal are obvious: a peace-bringing
bird, the dove, arrives with a message from overseas (the United States),
the granting of independence. The ship represents the arrival of the
colonists, as does the national motto: From: ‘The Open Door Policy of Liberia. An Economic History of Modern Liberia', p. 10, by Fred van der Kraaij |
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