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For all mankind that unstained scroll unfurled,

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For all mankind that unstained scroll unfurled,
Where God might write anew the story of the World.

Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore, At the

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Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore,
At the rim of a far-flung sky.

In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the N

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In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished.

One does not discover new lands without consentin

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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Every ship that comes to America got its chart fr

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Every ship that comes to America got its chart from Columbus.

Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is

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Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge.

He gained a world; he gave that world Its gra

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He gained a world; he gave that world
Its grandest lesson: On! sail on!

His bark The daring mariner shall urge far o'

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His bark
The daring mariner shall urge far o'er
The Western wave, a smooth and level plain,
Albeit the earth is fashioned like a wheel.

Columbus went around the world in 1492. Tha

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Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course.

So Columbus said, somebody show me the sunset and

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So Columbus said, somebody show me the sunset and somebody did and he set sail for it,
And he discovered America and they put him in jail for it,
And the fetters gave him welts,
And they named America after somebody else.

What faith in man must in our new world beat,

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What faith in man must in our new world beat,
Thinking how once he saw before his face
The west and all the host of stars retreat
Into the silent infinite of space!

Every one of us has in him a continent of undisco

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Every one of us has in him a continent of undiscovered character. Blessed is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul.

With this humble instrumentality did it please Pr

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With this humble instrumentality did it please Providence to prepare the theatre for those events by which a new dispensation of liberty was to be communicated to man.

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