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Without the Ordinance, the discovery of this Western continent, so far as that territory constitutes a part of it, would have given us no occasion to remember the name of Columbus with gratitude.
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Mann asserts that without the Ordinance, the discovery of the Western continent would lack historical significance, particularly in relation to Columbus.
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