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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose Author: Various Release Date: July 23, 2009 [EBook #29496] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS *** Produced by Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: COLUMBUS MONUMENT, PIAZZA ACQUAVERDE, GENOA, ITALY. Sculptor, Signor Lanzio. Dedicated 1862. (See page 141.)] CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND HIS MONUMENT COLUMBIA BEING A CONCORDANCE OF CHOICE TRIBUTES TO THE GREAT GENOESE, HIS GRAND DISCOVERY, AND HIS GREATNESS OF MIND AND PURPOSE. _THE TESTIMONY OF ANCIENT AUTHORS, THE TRIBUTES OF MODERN MEN._ ADORNED WITH THE SCULPTURES, SCENES, AND PORTRAITS OF THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW. COMPILED BY J. M. DICKEY. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK: RAND, MCNALLY & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. 1892. COPYRIGHT, 1892, BY RAND, MCNALLY & CO. Columbus. PREFACE. History places in prominence Columbus and America. They are the brightest jewels in her crown. Columbus is a permanent orb in the progress of civilization. From the highest rung of the ladder of fame, he has stepped to the skies. America "still hangs blossoming in the garden of time, while her penetrating perfume floats all round the world, and intoxicates all other nations with the hope of liberty." If possible, these tributes would add somewhat to the luster of fame which already encircles the Nation and the Man. Many voices here speak for themselves. Six hundred authors and more have written of Columbus or his great discovery. An endless task therefore would it be to attempt to enumerate, much less set out, the thousands who have incidentally, and even encomiastically, referred to him. Equally impossible would it be to hope to include a tithe of their utterances within the limits of any single volume, even were it of colossal proportions.
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