sentences:  Its motto is "La fe sens òbras mòrta es" ("Dead is faith without works").A first Institute for Occitan Studies was created around 1923 as a section of the League of Meridional Homeland ("Ligue de la Patrie Méridionale"), but had a short lifespan.In 1930, the Society for Occitan Studies (SEO) was founded by Joseph Anglade and Valère Bernard, with Louis Alibert as secretary.