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Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot: What I admire in Columbus is not his having discovered a world, but his having…

What I admire in Columbus is not his having discovered a world, but his having gone to search for it on the faith of an opinion.

In today’s wordsWhat I admire in Columbus isn't that he discovered a world, but that he went looking for one on the strength of an idea.

Anne-Robert-Jacques TurgotCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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