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The school motto dates back to the 1880's and comes from a Biblical verse from Isaiah 42:16.

"And I will bring the blind by away that they knew not;

I will lead them to paths that they have not known;

I will make darkness light before them."

The image below is from the Thirty-Second Annual Report of the year 1867. It was the first time the school motto appeared in print.

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