Adlai Stevenson: “What page in our history tells of deeds so fraught with blessings to the generations of men as the discovery of America?”

We, the heirs of all the ages, in the plenitude of our enjoyments, and the prodigality of the favors showered upon us, hail Columbus our benefactor.

The practical lesson to be drawn, one for all the ages, is the peril involved in a wife's untimely interruption of the wise observations and sage reflections of her husband.

Great evils often result from hasty legislation, rarely from the delay which follows full discussion and deliberation.

In the presence of such majestic power we can only stand awed and silent.