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Longfellow explained the repeated title as from the Latin, Scopus meus excelsior est ("my goal is higher"). [2] Biographer Charles Calhoun suggested the Alpine setting was an autobiographical reference to the poet's then-unsuccessful wooing of Frances Appleton, daughter of industrialist Nathan Appleton .
The state seal of New York features the state arms (officially adopted in 1778) surrounded by the words "The Great Seal of the State of New York".A banner below shows the New York State motto Excelsior, Latin for "Ever Upward", and the secondary motto E Pluribus Unum, Latin for "Out of Many, One"—adopted in 2020.
Excelsior Amusement Park, located on Lake Minnetonka in the town of Excelsior, Minnesota Excelsior Brigade , a New York infantry brigade in the Union Army in the American Civil War Excelsior Diamond , a famous diamond, once the largest known
Latin: 1887 [N 8] [45] New York: Excelsior: Ever upward Latin: 1778 [46] North Carolina: Esse quam videri: To be, rather than to seem Latin: 1893 [47] North Dakota: Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable — English January 3, 1863 [48] [49] Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit: One sows for the benefit of another age Latin: March 11 ...
Wood wool, known primarily as excelsior in North America, is a product made of wood slivers cut from logs. It is mainly used in packaging, for cooling pads in home evaporative cooling systems known as swamp coolers , for erosion control mats, and as a raw material for the production of other products such as bonded wood wool boards.
The Excelsior Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. A Listed event for three-year-olds and up, it is contested over a distance of one-and-one-eighth miles 9 furlong .
The coat of arms of the state of New York was formally adopted in 1778, and appears as a component of the state's flag and seal.. The shield displays a masted ship and a sloop on the Hudson River (symbols of inland and foreign commerce), bordered by a grassy shore and a mountain range in the background with the smiling sun rising behind it.
Excelsior University is a private online university in Albany, New York. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and comprises three schools: the school of undergraduate studies, the school of graduate studies, and the school of nursing. It serves mostly non-traditional, adult working students through distance education programs.