The shape of the land. Ocean basins are that part of Earth's surface that extends seaward from the continental margins (the submerged outer edges of continents, each composed of a continental shelf and a continental slope). Basins lie at an average water depth of about 12,450 feet (3,795 meters).
Share. Harry Truman's famous motto, the buck stops here â which was emblazoned on a thirteen-inch sign that sat on his Oval Office desk â is receiving a lot of renewed interest today.
Howard University, in Washington, DC, goes by the motto Veritas et Utilitas, translated to Truth and Service. It also exists in the logo of Seoul University: Veritas Lux Mea - meaning Truth is my light. Villanova University also uses Veritas in its school motto, Veritas, Unitas, Caritas (Truth, Unity, Love).eritas is the motto of Harvard University, The University of Western Ontario, Drake University, Knox College (Illinois) , Bilkent University, the University of California-Hastings College of the Law, as well as the Dominican Order of the Roman Catholic Church, and Providence College, which is run by the Dominicans.