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The discovery of America by Christopher Columbus is the greatest event of secular history.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The discovery of America by Christopher Columbus is the greatest event of secular history.”
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Sumner asserts the monumental importance of Columbus's discovery of America in shaping history.
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