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“Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.” quote by Christopher Columbus — Download Open image

“Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.”

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For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.

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The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.

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And your Highnesses, as Catholic Christians and Princes, devoted to the holy Christian faith and the propagation thereof - and enemies of the sect…

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“The sea will grant each man new hope The sleep brings dreams of home.”

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Your Highnesses have an Other World here, by which our holy faith can be so greatly advanced and from which such great wealth can…

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Thanks be to God," says the Admiral, "the air is soft as in April in Seville, and it is a pleasure to be in…

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It is true that after they have been reassured and have lost this fear, they are so artless and so free with all they possess, that no one would believe it without having seen it. Of anything they have, if you ask them for it, they never say no; rather they invite the person to share it, and show as…

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The Admiral says that he never beheld so fair a thing: trees all along the river, beautiful and green, and different from ours, with…

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Of this voyage, I observe," says the Admiral, "that it has miraculously been shown, as may be understood by this writing, by the many signal miracles that He has shown on the voyage, and for me, who for so great a time was in the court of Your Highnesses with the opposition and against the opinion of so many high…

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Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage…

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For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from…

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And I say that Your Highnesses ought not to consent that any foreigner does business or sets foot here, except Christian Catholics, since this…

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Set the bird's wings with gold and it will never again soar in thesky.

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A great smile is a wonderful asset, but a good heart is pure gold.

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Surely, God could have caused birds to fly with their bones made of solid gold, with their veins full of quicksilver, with their flesh…

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Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in…

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Just as the setting sun turned the clouds to liquid gold.

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No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It's the vision you wake up with in the morning, and it's the last thing you picture before you fall asleep. Everytime you think of it, the idea in your head seems to get more vivid, filled in with more detail: You…

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