COLUMBUS MONUMENT, PIAZZA ACQUAVERDE, GENOA, ITALY.
Sculptor, Signor Lanzio. Dedicated 1862.
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

AND HIS MONUMENT

COLUMBIA

BEING

A Concordance of Choice Tributes To the Great
Genoese, His GrandDiscovery, 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 ANDTHE NEW.

Compiled by J. M. Dickey.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK: Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers. 1892.
Copyright, 1892, by Rand, McNally & Co.
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PREFACE.

History places in prominence Columbus and America. They are thebrightest jewels in her crown. Columbus is a permanent orb in theprogress of civilization. From the highest rung of the ladder of fame,he has stepped to the skies. America "still hangs blossoming in thegarden of time, while her penetrating perfume floats all round theworld, and intoxicates all other nations with the hope of liberty." Ifpossible, these tributes would add somewhat to the luster of fame whichalready encircles the Nation and the Man. Many voices here speak forthemselves.

Six hundred authors and more have written of Columbus or his greatdiscovery. An endless task therefore would it be to attempt toenumerate, much less set out, the thousands who have incidentally, andeven encomiastically, referred to him. Equally impossible would it be tohope to include a tithe of their utterances within the limits of anysingle volume, even were it of colossal proportions. This volume oftributes essays then to be but a concordance of some of the most choiceand interesting extracts, and, artistically illustrated with statues,scenes, and inscriptions, is issued at an appropriate time and place.The compiler desires in this preface to acknowledge his sincereobligations and indebtedness to the many authors and publishers who socourteously and uniformly extended their consents to use copyrightmatter, and to express an equal sense of gratitude to his friend, StuartC. Wade, for his valuable assistance in selecting, arranging, and[Pg 6]indexing much of the matter herein contained.

In one of the galleries of Florence there is a remarkable bust ofBrutus, left unfinished by the great sculptor Michael Angelo. Somewriter explained the incomplete condition by indicating that the artistabandoned his labor in despair, "overcome by the grandeur of thesubject." With similar feeling, this little book is submitted to theadmirers of Columbus and Columbia, wherever they may be found.

J. M. D.

Colorado Springs, Colo., July, 1892.

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