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What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he

What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. – Margot Asquith

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There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs –apart from discernment –a certain greatness to find him. – Margot Asquith

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Genius
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Margot Asquith
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From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war. – Margot Asquith

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War
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Every ship that comes to America got its chart from Columbus. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Columbus Day

We shall be inclined to pronounce the voyage that led to the way to this New World as the most epoch-making event of all that have occurred since the birth of Christ. – John Fiske

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Columbus Day

Whose indomitable spirit changed the face of the earth for us. – Edmund Arthur Helps

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Columbus Day

Mistakes are the portals of discovery. – James Joyce

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Columbus Day

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