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October 12, the Discovery. It was wonderful to find America, but it would
have been more wonderful to miss it. |
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| Now, Columbus started out to discover America. Well, he didn't need to
do anything at all but sit in the cabin of his ship and hold his grip and
sail straight on, and America would discover itself. Here it was, barring
his passage the whole length and breadth of the South American continent,
and he couldn't get by it. He'd got to discover it, he couldn't help it.
Neither did he have to find any particular part of America, and when he
found any portion of it his contract was fulfilled. - "Introducing Henry M. Stanley," speech 9 December 1886 |
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