Arizona republican., 1915-10-13

chant wants to send his ships to certain destruction? But another warrant was given and a royal com missioner came with the command to seize the vessels and supplies and to press into service the necessary crew By this means the ships and sailors were secured. Many deserted but others were forced into the1r places. This very morning they are to sail. Among the one hundred and twenty Voyagers, aside from the few deluded friends of Columbus, there is not a single volunteer"
 As we stand among these people and hear their story we find ample justification for their dismay. What if wise men as far back as
 Ptolemy
 Judged that the earth like an orange was round?
 None of them ever said, Come along,
 follow me.
 Sail to the west and the east will
 be found .
 I Throughout the history of tiie world down to this hour no coura- geous soul has ever presumed to put such visionary theories to the test. 1 When those frail ships that set sail that morning and passed out upon the broad Atlantic the Fates closed the story of the Dark Ages and Aurora wrote across the heavens in letters of scarlet and gold the l prologue of a new age. The des- 1 tinies of the future often rest upon the courage of a single individual, and the pale and silent man pacing the deck through the weary days and sleepless nights was not only blowing a path to a new world, but striking the shackles of super stition from humanity.
 When Columbus landed on our shores october F, 1492, no telephone or telegraph flashed the story across the seas, no daily press carried the news to an astonished world. But as the story was told here and thcre men slowly came to realize that the earth contained no hidden terrors. that the sea and land to the utter most parts had been created by Providence for the development of the human race As the physical world lost it's mysteries the intel lectual world broadened before the scholar and philosophe~ who cried Truth is not the daughter of au- [ the possibilities of human accom- plishment were limited only by the courage the ability and the genius of the human soul.
 Long years ago in France several prize essays were written on the dis covery of America. The consensus of opinion seemed to be that the event had brought disaster to the world, for the greed of nations had been aroused and destructive wars lad followed. One essayist thought that some good had resulted in that man had learned the uses of the new drug, quinine There was one writer. however, who observed that it was too early to determine the matter that the true result of the discovery would depend upon the people that would be developed there. and the influence of their ideals upon the world.
 In the light of that faraway Octo- Ter morning, a new land lay before Columbus, but the promise of the future was hidden from his eyes. That promise the centuries are slow ly unfolding, not the proud America with her leagues of land, her mighty cities and her wealth untold, but the greater and truer America.
 Nodded from the races of the old world there stands forth on this con- tinent a new race, the American. by breeding and training prepared to build firmly on the principles of equal rights and justice for all. In this bitter hour when the same blood throbbing in your veins and mine Is flowing on a thousand battle fields we unite, regardless of party, in the support of our great president, look ing tC the hour when he shall be the chosen instrument to restore peace to a bleeding world. In this spirit we celebrate Columbus Day. a day that should be remembered in every l hamlet from the frozen shores of Alaska to the stormy Straits of Ma gellan, commemora ting the greatest l human achievement since the dawn | of time
 From the realms or eternal peace ! the soul of Columbus looks down to | cheer our failing hearts Inspired by | his magnificent example, let each of | US resolve to do his duty in the cause of truth and justice, not oHly | fat unity and harmony may endure | and increase among the countries of | the western continent, but that tee 1 inspiration of our example may pro- mote the cause of peace throughout | the world Down through the con 1 turies made ever glorious by the voyage of Columbus, comes his mes sage to each of us:
 SAIL ON; SAIL ON Behind him lay the gray Azores
 Behind the gates of Hercules; Dofn hi ,-Io
 Before him only shoroiess seas. The good mate said: Now must we
 pray,
 For To! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak; what shall
 say?"
 Why say, Sail on. sail on! and
 Cn,''
 My men grow mutinous day by
 day:
 My men grow ghastly, wan and
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