Duquesne University (1878) was founded by the Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its motto stated:
<Spiritus est qui vivificat (It is the Spirit that gives light).> 1878DU001
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American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement.
Endnotes:
1878DU001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Duquesne University, 1878, Motto. Charles Wallis, ed., Our American Heritage (NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1970), p. 176.