Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue that light in spite of the others.
Sailed to the Americas
Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue that light in spite of the others.
Sailed to the Americas
Observation on societal change and the role of pioneers, attributed to Columbus.
Late 15th - early 16th century (approximate)
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"I believe that there are many herbs and many trees which are worth much in Europe for dyes and for medicines."
Strange & Unusual"I have found no monsters, nor heard of any."
Strange & Unusual"I found the people of this island and all the other islands to be very naked, as I have said, men and women, just as their mothers bore them, but they know not what it is to be shameful, nor to cover …"
Strange & Unusual"The people are all naked, men and women, as their mothers bore them."
Strange & Unusual"As soon as I arrived in the Indies, on the first island which I found, I took some of the natives by force."
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