QUOTES AND IMAGES FROM COLUMBUS BY YOUNG CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS By Filson Young A man standing on the sea-shore Absent for a little time, and hisorganisation went to pieces All days, however hard, have anevening, and all journeys an end Amerigo Vespucci And every one goes naked and unashamed At last extricate himself from thetheological stupor Attempts that have been made to glorifyhim socially Bede, in the eighth century, established it finally (sphericity) Began to offer bargains to the Almighty Believed that the Spaniards came fromheaven Biography which obscures the truth withlegends and pretences Cannibal epicures did not care for theflesh of women and boys Christian era denied the theory of theroundness of the earth Columbus, calling for an egg, laid awager Columbus never once mentions his wife Columbus's habit of being untruthful inregard to his own past Cooling off in his enthusiasm as thepastime became a task Desire to get a great deal of moneywithout working for it Diminishing object to the wet eyes ofhis mother, sailed away Dogs wagged their tails, but that neverbarked Establishment of ten footmen and twentyother servants Exchanging the natives for cattle First known discovery of tobacco byEuropeans First organised transaction of slaveryon the part of Columbus Freed by force and with guns Having issued three Bulls in twenty-four hours, he desisted He had a way of rising above pettyindignities He was a great stickler for theobservances of religion Hearts quick to burn, quick to forget Heretics were being burned every yearby the Grand Inquisitor High time, indeed, that they should betaught to wear clothing Idea of importing black African labourto the New World Ideas to him were of more value thanfacts If there were no results, there wouldbe no rewards Inclined to be pompous Irving: so inaccurate, so untrue tolife, and so profoundly dull Islands in that sea had their greatestlength east and west Juan Ponce de Leon, the discoverer ofFlorida Learn the blessings of Christianityunder the whip Lives happily in our dreams, as blankas sunshine Logic is irresistible if you only grantthe first little step Loose way in which the term India wasapplied in the Middle Ages Man with a Grievance Man of single rather than manifoldideas More than a touch of crafty andelaborate dissimulation Nautical phrase "make it so. " Never to deal with subordinates No more troubled by any wonder, sleepsat last No Spanish women accompanied it (2dexpedition) Nothing so ludicrous as an Idea tothose who do not share it Only confirmative evidence remained Patience which holds men back fromtheorising Presence of the owner makes the horsefat Professors of Christ brought not peace, but a sword Religion has in our days fallen intodecay Saw potatoes also, although they didnot know what they were Sea of Darkness Seeking to hire the protection of theVirgin She must either sin or be celibate Shifts and deceits that he practised Spaniards sometimes hanged thirteen ofthem in a row Spaniards undertook to teach theheathen the Christian religion St. Chrysostom opposed the theory ofthe earth's roundness Stayed till night to eat their sop forfear of seeing (weevils) Stuffed so full indeed that eyes andears are closed Tasks that are the common heritage ofall small boys Terror and amazement; they had neverseen horses before The cross and the sword, the whip-lashand the Gospel The great thing in those days was todiscover something The missionary walked beside theslave-driver The terrified seamen making vows to theVirgin Theologians, however, proved equal tothe occasion There is deception and untruthsomewhere They saw the past in the light of thepresent Took himself and the world veryseriously Vague longing and unrest that is thelife-force of the world When the pot boils the scum rises tothe surface Who never could meet any troublewithout grumbling If you wish to read the entire context of any of these quotations, select a short segment and copy it into your clipboard memory--then open the eBook below and paste the phrase into your computer's find or search operation. The Complete PG Christopher Columbushttp://www. Gutenberg. Net/dirs/4/1/1/4116/4116-h/4116-h. Htm