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More Columbus Day Quotes

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• The greatest discoveries of science have always been those that forced us to rethink our beliefs about the universe and… — Robert L. Park
• Every ship that comes to America got its chart from Columbus. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• What faith in man must in our new world beat, Thinking how once he saw before his face The west… — George Edward Woodberry
• Quietly scuttling Columbus Day sales doesn't mean they are opposed to 15th century Iberian seafarers; it just means They don't… — James Lileks
• He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" — Joaquin Miller
• I also hate those holidays that fall on a Monday where you don't get mail, those fake holidays like Columbus… — John Waters
• Columbus found a world, and had no chart save one that Faith deciphered in the skies. — George Santayana
• The history taught in our schools is scandalous. We grew up believing that Columbus actually discovered America. We still celebrate… — Woody Harrelson
• Columbus had all the spirit of a crusader, and, at the same time, the investigating nature of a modern man… — Unknown Author
• He gave the world another world. — George Santayana
• He stands out among the beacon lights of history as a man of vision dominated by a definite purpose. — Unknown Author
• He leaves in the background of fame all other navigators whose names are written in the priceless annals of discovery. — Unknown Author

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