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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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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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