What I Admire In Columbus Is Not His Having Discovered A World But His Having Gone To Search For It On The Faith Of An Opinion.

What I Admire In Columbus Is Not His Having Discovered A World But His Having Gone To Search For It On The Faith Of An Opinion.

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What I admire in Columbus is not his having discovered a world but his
having gone to search for it on the faith of an opinion.
-- A. Robert Turgot

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