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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.

For This Purpose I Determined To Keep An Account Of The Voyage, And To Write Down Punctually Every Thing We Performed Or Saw From Day To Day, As Will Hereafter Appear.

It Was The Lord Who Put Into My Mind That Fact That It Would Be Possible To Sail From Here To The Indies. All Who Heard Of My Project Rejected It With Laughter, Ridiculing Me. There Is No Question That The Inspiration Was From The Holy Spirit, Because He Comforted Me With Rays Of Marvelous Inspiration From The Holy Scriptures.

I Am Not Solicitous To Examine Particularly Everything Here, Which Indeed Could Not Be Done In Fifty Years, Because My Desire Is To Make All Possible Discoveries, And Return To Your Highnesses, If It Please Our Lord, In April.

The Crew Of The Caravel "nina" Also Saw Signs Of Land, And A Small Branch Covered With Berries. Everyone Breathed Afresh And Rejoiced At These Signs.