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...Winsor stands perhaps without a peer among American historians and on account of recent research is especially well qualified to speak on Columbus. He began by crediting to the ancient Greeks cosmographical study which found its fruition in the 15th century. Had Carthage triumphed over Rome we might sooner have known the secrets of the Atlantic, but after all it is to the descendants of the Romans, Columbus, Vespucsi Verrizaro and John Cabot that we are indebted for the discovery of America...
...Wilde's verses. Why, if we will but look into our own hearts, if we will but consider the mass of often excellent and promising poetry annually produced from our own midst, and then consider how little of this will ever grow and blossom into any worthy fruition, we will necessarily be cautious hereafter in staking any great hopes on any other amateur, such as Oscar Wilde even. So much for any claims Mr. Wilde may have upon us for any promise or any achievement of his own. Aside from these considerations, society justly claims and exercises the right...