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color: white">Great Seal of the <br />State of New Mexico</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_New_Mexico.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Seal_of_New_Mexico.svg/220px-Seal_of_New_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Seal_of_New_Mexico.svg/330px-Seal_of_New_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Seal_of_New_Mexico.svg/440px-Seal_of_New_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="713" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Armiger" title="Armiger">Armiger</a></th><td class="infobox-data">State of New Mexico</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">1913<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Crescit Eundo</b> (<i>It grows as it goes</i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Earlier version(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Territory_of_New_Mexico_(1887%E2%80%931912).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Seal_of_the_Territory_of_New_Mexico_%281887%E2%80%931912%29.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_Territory_of_New_Mexico_%281887%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Seal_of_the_Territory_of_New_Mexico_%281887%E2%80%931912%29.svg/225px-Seal_of_the_Territory_of_New_Mexico_%281887%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Seal_of_the_Territory_of_New_Mexico_%281887%E2%80%931912%29.svg/300px-Seal_of_the_Territory_of_New_Mexico_%281887%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="2031" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Use</th><td class="infobox-data">Seal of the <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_New_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="Territory of New Mexico">Territory of New Mexico</a> (1887–1912)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Great Seal of the State of New Mexico</b> is the <a href="/wiki/Seal_(emblem)" title="Seal (emblem)">official seal</a> of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._State" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. State">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is enshrined in Article V, Section 10, of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_New_Mexico" title="Constitution of New Mexico">New Mexico State Constitution</a>, which requires a state emblem to be kept by the secretary of state for official documents and other expressions of statehood. Rooted in the official seal of the <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Territory" title="New Mexico Territory">New Mexico Territory</a> established in 1851, it was adopted in 1913, one year after New Mexico <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union" title="List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union">was admitted</a> as the 47th state. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seal_of_New_Mexico&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The constitution of New Mexico, which was adopted January 21, 1911, provides no further requirements or specifications for the design thereof.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When New Mexico became a state in 1912, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Legislature" title="New Mexico Legislature">its legislature</a> named a commission for the purpose of designing a <a href="/wiki/Seals_of_the_U.S._states" class="mw-redirect" title="Seals of the U.S. states">state seal</a>, consisting of <a href="/wiki/Governors_of_New_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="Governors of New Mexico">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/William_C._McDonald_(governor)" title="William C. McDonald (governor)">William C. McDonald</a>, Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Frank_W._Clancy" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank W. Clancy">Frank W. Clancy</a>, Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/Clarence_J._Roberts" title="Clarence J. Roberts">Clarence J. Roberts</a> and Secretary of State <a href="/w/index.php?title=Antonio_Lucero&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antonio Lucero (page does not exist)">Antonio Lucero</a>. In June 1913, the commission filed its report adopting the general design of the Territorial Seal, substituting only the date 1912. </p><p>The official act of the legislature reads: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The coat of arms of the state shall be the Mexican eagle grasping a serpent in its beak, the cactus in its talons, shielded by the American eagle with outspread wings, and grasping arrows in its talons; the date 1912 under the eagles and, on a scroll, the motto: "<span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Crescit Eundo</i></span>". The great seal of the state shall be a disc bearing the coat of arms and having around the edge the words "Great Seal of the State of New Mexico.</p></blockquote> <p>The "American eagle" is an <a href="/wiki/American_bald_eagle" class="mw-redirect" title="American bald eagle">American bald eagle</a>. The "Mexican eagle" with serpent and cactus is from the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Mexico" title="Coat of arms of Mexico">coat of arms of Mexico</a>, in turn derived from an <a href="/wiki/Aztec" class="mw-redirect" title="Aztec">Aztec</a> myth of the foundation of the Aztec capital, <a href="/wiki/Tenochtitlan" title="Tenochtitlan">Tenochtitlan</a>. Although in Mexico the Mexican eagle is understood to be an <a href="/wiki/American_golden_eagle" class="mw-redirect" title="American golden eagle">American golden eagle</a>, the New Mexico seal uses an <a href="/wiki/American_harpy_eagle" class="mw-redirect" title="American harpy eagle">American harpy eagle</a>. Mexico adopted its coat of arms <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Mexico">when it was under Spanish rule</a>, and New Mexico identified with it as well. On the New Mexico seal, it symbolizes that the state still holds on to its Spanish, Mexican and Native American traditions. The Mexican eagle is small and shielded by the larger American eagle, which grasps arrows in its talons, its wings outstretched with its watchful eyes guarding the Mexican eagle. This configuration is meant to show the change of sovereignty in 1846 between <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> and the United States. It also symbolizes America's dominant yet delicate protection of New Mexico and its heritage and culture. </p><p>Originally, New Mexico's territorial seal was engraved with MDCCCL (1850 in <a href="/wiki/Roman_numerals" title="Roman numerals">Roman numerals</a>) to commemorate the date New Mexico was organized as a territory. But after it was admitted as a state, the commission decided that that was a better date to use on the seal. They decided against using Roman numerals, believing it was too obscure. </p><p><i>Great Seal of the State of New Mexico</i>. No one is quite sure who came up with the term, but it appeared on New Mexico's first state seal, and was added to the seal adopted in 1913, untouched — with the small exception of changing the word "Territory" to "State". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Motto">Motto</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seal_of_New_Mexico&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Motto"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> official <a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">motto</a> of New Mexico is <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Crescit eundo</i></span></i>, translated literally as "it grows by going", sometimes rendered as "it grows as it goes", the second word being the ablative case of the gerund of the verb <i>eo</i> ("to go). It is taken from the epic poem <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/De_Rerum_Natura" class="mw-redirect" title="De Rerum Natura">De Rerum Natura</a></i></span></i> (<i>On the Nature of Things</i>), Book VI, line 341, by the first-century B.C. Roman poet <a href="/wiki/Lucretius" title="Lucretius">Lucretius</a>, where it refers to a <a href="/wiki/Thunderbolt" title="Thunderbolt">thunderbolt</a> increasing in strength as it moves across the sky, referenced by the selectors of the motto as a symbol of dynamic progress.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lines 340-344: </p> <div class="poem"> <p>Denique quod longo venit impete, sumere debet<br /> mobilitatem etiam atque etiam, quae <b>crescit eundo</b><br /> et validas auget viris et roborat ictum;<br /> nam facit ut quae sint illius semina cumque<br /> e regione locum quasi in unum cuncta ferantur,<br /> omnia coniciens in eum volventia cursum.<br /> forsitan ex ipso veniens trahat aere quaedam<br /> corpora quae plagis incendunt mobilitatem. </p> </div> <p>Translated as : <i>Again, because it comes from a long distance, it must acquire more and more mobility which <b>grows by moving</b> and increases its massive strength and hardens its impact.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For this causes all the seeds of the thunderbolt to be carried straight onwards, as one may say, into one place, driving them all together as they roll into that single path. Perhaps as it goes it draws from the air itself certain bodies which kindle velocity by their blows</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The motto was first used in 1882, when acting Territorial Secretary <a href="/wiki/William_G._Ritch" title="William G. Ritch">William G. Ritch</a> added the Latin phrase <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Crescit eundo</i></span></i> to an early 1860s version of the territorial seal. In 1887, Ritch's version of the seal, including the words <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Crescit eundo</i></span></i>, was adopted by the legislature as part of the official <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Territory" title="New Mexico Territory">New Mexico Territory</a> seal and coat of arms. When New Mexico became a state in 1912, the Legislature appointed a commission to settle on a design for an official state seal. The commission recommended the territorial seal to be continued as the state seal, including the words <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Crescit eundo</i></span></i> which were then adopted as the official state motto. However, the commission's recommendation that the American and Mexican eagles both be <a href="/wiki/American_golden_eagle" class="mw-redirect" title="American golden eagle">American golden eagles</a>, a change omitted from the 1915 law.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_evolution">Historical evolution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seal_of_New_Mexico&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Historical evolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Mexico_territory_coat_of_arms_(illustrated,_1876).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The seal in escutcheon form"><img alt="an escutcheon with two eagles and a snake" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/New_Mexico_territory_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg/103px-New_Mexico_territory_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="103" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/New_Mexico_territory_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg/155px-New_Mexico_territory_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/New_Mexico_territory_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg/206px-New_Mexico_territory_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3300" data-file-height="3840" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The seal in escutcheon form</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Territorial_Seal_of_New_Mexico_-_Catholic_Encyclopedia.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Design of the 1887 seal from Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913"><img alt="Greyscale drawing of a seal shows 'Territory of New Mexico', 'MDCCCL', and 'crescit eundo' in rings around the edge (separated by crosses patoncé); in the center an American heraldic eagle holding three arrows protects a smaller Mexican heraldic eagle holding a snake and sitting on a nopal." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Territorial_Seal_of_New_Mexico_-_Catholic_Encyclopedia.png/119px-Territorial_Seal_of_New_Mexico_-_Catholic_Encyclopedia.png" decoding="async" width="119" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Territorial_Seal_of_New_Mexico_-_Catholic_Encyclopedia.png/179px-Territorial_Seal_of_New_Mexico_-_Catholic_Encyclopedia.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Territorial_Seal_of_New_Mexico_-_Catholic_Encyclopedia.png/239px-Territorial_Seal_of_New_Mexico_-_Catholic_Encyclopedia.png 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="501" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Design of the 1887 seal from <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a>, 1913</div> </li> </ul> <p>New Mexico's first seal was designed shortly after the organization of the Territorial Government in 1851. The original seal has long since disappeared, possibly as part of the artifacts placed into the cornerstone of the <a href="/wiki/Soldiers%27_Monument_(Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico)" title="Soldiers' Monument (Santa Fe, New Mexico)">Soldiers' Monument</a> in the Santa Fe Plaza. Imprints of the original seal show it consisted of the American eagle, clutching an olive branch in one talon and three arrows in the other. Along the outside rim was the inscription "Great Seal of the <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_New_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="Territory of New Mexico">Territory of New Mexico</a>". </p><p>In the early 1860s an unknown official adopted a new seal, using a design similar to today's Great Seal. It featured the American bald eagle, its outstretched wings shielding a smaller Mexican eagle. The outside rim of the seal contained the words "Territory of New Mexico," with the date of 1850 along the bottom in <a href="/wiki/Roman_numerals" title="Roman numerals">Roman numerals</a>. </p><p>In 1882, Territorial Secretary W.G. Ritch embellished the earlier design with the phrase <i><a href="/wiki/Crescit_eundo" class="mw-redirect" title="Crescit eundo">crescit eundo</a></i>. This version was liked so much it was adopted as New Mexico's "official seal and coat of arms" by the Territorial Legislature in 1887. Ritch had no apparent motive for the change, but it fit well. </p><p>In the year and half it took the Commission to decide to adopt the State Seal New Mexico uses today, the Legislature authorized interim use of the Territorial Seal with the words "Great Seal of the State of New Mexico" substituted. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seal_of_New_Mexico&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_New_Mexico" title="Flag of New Mexico">Flag of New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Mexico" title="Coat of arms of Mexico">Coat of arms of Mexico</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seal_of_New_Mexico&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Great_Seal_of_New_Mexico.aspx">New Mexico Secretary of State - Great Seal of New Mexico</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sos.state.nm.us/about-new-mexico/state-seal/">"State Seal | Maggie Toulouse Oliver - New Mexico Secretary of State"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2022-05-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=State+Seal+%7C+Maggie+Toulouse+Oliver+-+New+Mexico+Secretary+of+State&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sos.state.nm.us%2Fabout-new-mexico%2Fstate-seal%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeal+of+New+Mexico" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.elpalacio.org/2012/03/the-great-seal-of-the-state-of-new-mexico/">"The Great Seal of the State of New Mexico"</a>. <i>El Palacio</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2022-05-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=El+Palacio&rft.atitle=The+Great+Seal+of+the+State+of+New+Mexico&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elpalacio.org%2F2012%2F03%2Fthe-great-seal-of-the-state-of-new-mexico%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeal+of+New+Mexico" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.elpalacio.org/2012/03/the-great-seal-of-the-state-of-new-mexico/">"The Great Seal of the State of New Mexico"</a>. <i>El Palacio</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2022-05-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=El+Palacio&rft.atitle=The+Great+Seal+of+the+State+of+New+Mexico&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elpalacio.org%2F2012%2F03%2Fthe-great-seal-of-the-state-of-new-mexico%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeal+of+New+Mexico" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Translation from Fate and the Hero in Virgil's Aeneid: Stoic World Fate and Human Responsibility By Graham Zanker, p.55, note 22<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Yv-xEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=Denique+quod+longo+venit+impete,+sumere+debet+mobilitatem+etiam+atque+etiam,+quae+%27%27%27crescit+eundo%27%27%27+et+validas+auget+viris+et+roborat+ictum&source=bl&ots=aOASm7POOB&sig=ACfU3U2MOie0NvSTunxrbz73IFTC8FdJcA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpv_zP186EAxVbQ0EAHfZlBWEQ6AF6BAgUEAM#v=onepage&q=Denique%20quod%20longo%20venit%20impete%2C%20sumere%20debet%20mobilitatem%20etiam%20atque%20etiam%2C%20quae%20"><b>crescit%20eundo</b>%20et%20validas%20auget%20viris%20et%20roborat%20ictum&f=false</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Translation from www.loebclassics.com<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.loebclassics.com/view/lucretius-de_rerum_natura/1924/pb_LCL181.519.xml">[1]</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span 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title="Chicoma Mountain">Chicoma Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chihuahuan_Desert" title="Chihuahuan Desert">Chihuahuan Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Plateau" title="Colorado Plateau">Colorado Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_New_Mexico" title="Eastern New Mexico">Eastern New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano_Estacado" title="Llano Estacado">Llano Estacado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manzano_Mountains" title="Manzano Mountains">Manzano Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogollon_Plateau" title="Mogollon Plateau">Mogollon Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_New_Mexico" title="Northern New Mexico">Northern New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permian_Basin_(North_America)" title="Permian Basin (North America)">Permian Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande" title="Rio Grande">Rio Grande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Juan_Basin" title="San Juan Basin">San Juan Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Luis_Valley" title="San Luis Valley">San Luis Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandia_Mountains" title="Sandia Mountains">Sandia Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shortgrass_prairie" title="Shortgrass prairie">Shortgrass prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangre_de_Cristo_Mountains" title="Sangre de Cristo Mountains">Sangre de Cristo Mountains</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wheeler_Peak_(New_Mexico)" title="Wheeler Peak (New Mexico)">Wheeler Peak</a> (highest point)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_New_Mexico" title="Southwestern New Mexico">Southwestern New Mexico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#E7D9A9;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_New_Mexico" title="List of municipalities in New Mexico">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alamogordo,_New_Mexico" title="Alamogordo, New Mexico">Alamogordo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque</a> (<a href="/wiki/Albuquerque_metropolitan_area" title="Albuquerque metropolitan area">Metropolitan Area</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aztec,_New_Mexico" title="Aztec, New Mexico">Aztec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artesia,_New_Mexico" title="Artesia, New Mexico">Artesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomfield,_New_Mexico" title="Bloomfield, New Mexico">Bloomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlsbad,_New_Mexico" title="Carlsbad, New Mexico">Carlsbad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clovis,_New_Mexico" title="Clovis, New Mexico">Clovis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corrales,_New_Mexico" title="Corrales, New Mexico">Corrales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deming,_New_Mexico" title="Deming, New Mexico">Deming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Espa%C3%B1ola,_New_Mexico" title="Española, New Mexico">Española</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmington,_New_Mexico" title="Farmington, New Mexico">Farmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallup,_New_Mexico" title="Gallup, New Mexico">Gallup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grants,_New_Mexico" title="Grants, New Mexico">Grants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobbs,_New_Mexico" title="Hobbs, New Mexico">Hobbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtland,_New_Mexico" title="Kirtland, New Mexico">Kirtland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Cruces,_New_Mexico" title="Las Cruces, New Mexico">Las Cruces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas,_New_Mexico" title="Las Vegas, New Mexico">Las Vegas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Alamos,_New_Mexico" title="Los Alamos, New Mexico">Los Alamos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Lunas,_New_Mexico" title="Los Lunas, New Mexico">Los Lunas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovington,_New_Mexico" title="Lovington, New Mexico">Lovington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portales,_New_Mexico" title="Portales, New Mexico">Portales</a></li> <li><a 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