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Subject: re:correction
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Date: Fri, 6-Jul-84 16:49:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  6 16:49:00 1984
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From:      Nichael Cramer <cramer%ti-csl.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa>

>
>From: "Ronald B. Harvey" <Harvey%pco@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA>
>Subject: Excelsior
>
>Here's what Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable has to say on
>the subject:
>Excelsior (Lat. higher). Aim at higher things still. It is the motto
>of the United States and has been made popular by Longfellow's poem
>so named.
>

	I'm glad to see that you're quoting Brewer [everybody should have one].
However, the motto of the USA is [sadly] "In God We Trust".  On the
other hand, "Excelsior" *is* the motto of the state of New York.

					So long, and thanks for all the fish,
					NLC