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Letter "C" » Columbus
«If Columbus had had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.»
«If the Mafia exists in Montreal, it's probably like the Knights of Columbus.»
«And your Highnesses, as Catholic Christians and Princes, devoted to the holy Christian faith and the propagation thereof - and enemies of the sect of Mohammet and of all idolatries and heresies, resolved to send me, Christopher Columbus, to the said»
Author: Christopher Columbus
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Adventurer,
Navigator)
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Keywords:
Catholic,
Christian faith,
Christopher,
Christopher Columbus,
Columbus,
devoted,
heresies,
highness,
Highnesses,
idolatries,
princes,
propagation,
resolved,
sect,
thereof
«America is now a space-faring nation. a frontier good for millions of years. The only time remotely comparable was when Columbus discovered a whole new world.»
«He (Columbus) enjoyed long stretches of pure delight such as only a seaman may know, and moments of high, proud exultation that only a discoverer can experience»
«Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.»
«If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.»
«Columbus's eggs lie around by the hundreds of thousands, but Columbuses are met with less frequency.»
«But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(
Astronomer,
Scientist,
Writer)
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About:
Genius
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Keywords:
bozo,
brothers,
clown,
Columbus,
Fulton,
geniuses,
imply,
laughed,
The Wright Brothers,
wright
«Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself.»