1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19    20  21  22  23  24  25  26    Melissa Lacey/Journal-World Photo A 14-foot replica of the Kansas state seal graces the front wall of the Dole Institute of Politics. The seal, made from four sections of colored cast concrete, was financed by a $50,000 gift from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation. The seal includes depictions of a farmer and plow, buffalo, a cabin and prairie schooners, and it is capped with the state motto, "Ad astra per aspera"--Latin for "To the stars through difficulties."