An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . 24 DISCOVERY OF HENRY VII. abilities at this court, so remarkable then and long after for the tardino«s of its decisions. It is a trite remark, that projectors are enthu-siasts. It is fortunate that this accusation is true as regards theprojectors of arduous undertakings; otherwise, the spirit and thohealth of Columbus would have been subdued before he accom-plished his
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . 24 DISCOVERY OF HENRY VII. abilities at this court, so remarkable then and long after for the tardino«s of its decisions. It is a trite remark, that projectors are enthu-siasts. It is fortunate that this accusation is true as regards theprojectors of arduous undertakings; otherwise, the spirit and thohealth of Columbus would have been subdued before he accom-plished his great mission. He had to endure the most fatiguingdelays, and to hear pronounced against him presumptuous and in-sulting judgments by the ignorant and by the bigoted. To thehonour of Isabella and her sex, and at her own expense, we arebound to attribute, in justice, the final success of Columbus: who,after displaying, during eight years, in his whole character and con-duct, an assiduity, a firmness and resolve of mind, never sufficientlyto be applauded and imitated, sailed from Cadiz on the 3d of August,1492, on the most daring enterprise ever undertaken by man. He proceeded on this voyage without any chart to guide him,—with no ac
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