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Why is the motto of Stanford University in German?
This was decided by David Starr Jordan, the first president of Stanford. This sentence comes from/kloc-ulrich von hutten, a German anthropologist in the 6th century.

Chinese can be translated as "the wind of freedom has been blowing".

Stanford University is a world-famous private research university. Stanford covers an area of about 33 square kilometers and is the sixth largest university in the United States. Academically, Stanford University is isomorphic with the University of California, Berkeley, North Bay and San Francisco, forming an academic center in the western United States.

Extended Information Stanford University was founded by Leland Stanford, then governor and senator of California, and his wife Jane Laslop Stanford. The university was named after their son Leland Stanford Jr., who died of typhoid fever on the eve of his 60th birthday (1884). Leland Stanford once told his wife, "In the future,

1824, old Stanford was born in a wealthy peasant family. He served as the governor of California in 186 1. 1863, he and his wife Jenny established the Central Pacific Railway Company, with Stanford as the president.

1876, old Stanford bought 263 hectares of land in California as a horse farm, which was later expanded to 3,237 hectares and became the campus of Stanford University. The logo and sports logo of Stanford University have the image of sequoia.

1884, his beloved son Stanford Jr. died of typhoid fever while traveling with his parents. After the grieving Stanford couple returned to the United States, they decided to start a university with his $20 million savings and his 356 1 hectare land in Palo Alto.

18911kloc-0/,Stanford University held the opening ceremony. At that time, the newspaper in new york predicted that no one would go to this university in the west of the wilderness: "The professors will lecture on empty benches in marble classrooms." But on the day when the university was unveiled, the first male and female students were unexpectedly busy.

1893 Old Stanford died in his sleep. It never rains but it pours. His property has been frozen. Under such difficult circumstances, Mrs. Stanford is not going to close the school. She tried her best to keep the school running until the fund freeze was completely lifted after six years.

Mrs. Stanford sold her railway stock and transferred 1 1 ten thousand dollars to the university board. The crisis at Stanford University has finally passed. President Jordan said: "The fate of this university depends on the love of a kind lady."

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