Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia: Being a Concordance of Choice Tributes to the Great Genoese, His Grand Discovery, and His Greatness of Mind and Purpose. The Testimony of Ancient Authors, the Tributes of Modern Men ...Rand, McNally, 1892 - 397 pages |
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... lived because he led the Spanish nation to believe that gold was plentiful and easily obtained in Cuba and Hispaniola , whilst the Spaniards who , seduced by his enthusiastic descrip- tions , crossed the Atlantic in search of wealth ...
... lived because he led the Spanish nation to believe that gold was plentiful and easily obtained in Cuba and Hispaniola , whilst the Spaniards who , seduced by his enthusiastic descrip- tions , crossed the Atlantic in search of wealth ...
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... lived in a high , pure atmosphere of splendid visions , far removed . from and above his fellow - men . The greatness of Colum- bus can not be argued away . The glow of his enthusiasm kindles our own even at the long distance of four ...
... lived in a high , pure atmosphere of splendid visions , far removed . from and above his fellow - men . The greatness of Colum- bus can not be argued away . The glow of his enthusiasm kindles our own even at the long distance of four ...
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... lived while he was making preparations for his voyage , and on the morning that he sailed from Palos he attended himself the little chapel . There is no building in the world so closely identified with his discovery as this . THE ...
... lived while he was making preparations for his voyage , and on the morning that he sailed from Palos he attended himself the little chapel . There is no building in the world so closely identified with his discovery as this . THE ...
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... lived . For him was reserved the great enterprise of traversing that sea which had given rise to so many fables , and of deciph- ering the mystery of his time . COLUMBUS DARED THE MAIN . SAMUEL ROGERS . ( See post , page 275. ) When ...
... lived . For him was reserved the great enterprise of traversing that sea which had given rise to so many fables , and of deciph- ering the mystery of his time . COLUMBUS DARED THE MAIN . SAMUEL ROGERS . ( See post , page 275. ) When ...
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... lived only in the idea of laying open the western path to the Indies . After more than ten years of vain solicitations in Portu- gal , he left the banks of the Tagus to seek aid of Ferdi- nand and Isabella , rich in nautical experience ...
... lived only in the idea of laying open the western path to the Indies . After more than ten years of vain solicitations in Portu- gal , he left the banks of the Tagus to seek aid of Ferdi- nand and Isabella , rich in nautical experience ...
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Page 153 - But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be.
Page 380 - I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea.
Page 235 - Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say...
Page 236 - They sailed. They sailed. Then spake the mate: " This mad sea shows his teeth to-night. He curls his lip, he lies in wait. With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave admiral, say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone? " The words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! Sail on! Sail on, and on!
Page 61 - I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in Providence for the illumination of the ignorant, and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
Page 334 - I see one vast confederation stretching from the frozen North in unbroken line to the glowing South, and from the wild billows of the Atlantic westward to the calmer waters of the Pacific main,— and I see one people, and one language, and one law, and one faith, and, over all that wide continent, the home of freedom, and a refuge for the oppressed of every race and of every clime.
Page 362 - States; her glories chanted by three millions of tongues, and the whole region smiling under her blessed influence. Sir, let but this, our celestial goddess, Liberty, stretch forth her fair hand toward the People of the Old World, — tell them to come, and bid them welcome...
Page 238 - The great mystery of the ocean was revealed ; his theory, which had been the scoff of sages, was triumphantly established ; he had secured to himself a glory durable as the world itself. It is difficult to conceive the feelings of such a man, at such a moment ; or the conjectures which must have thronged upon his mind, as to the land before him, covered with darkness.
Page 338 - Whatever England has been growing to by a progressive increase of improvement, brought in by varieties of people, by succession of civilizing conquests and civilizing settlements in a series of seventeen hundred years, you shall see as much added to her by America in the course of a single life...
Page 335 - Ay, let them rail, those haughty ones, While safe thou dwellest with thy sons. They do not know how loved thou art, How many a fond and fearless heart Would rise to throw Its life between thee and the foe. They know not, in their hate and pride, What virtues with thy children bide...