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Title: Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: Biography
Publisher: New York : Selmar Hess
Contributing Library: Kelly - University of Toronto

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f a clear complexion, somewhat ruddy. He was wittyand pleasant, well-spoken and eloquent, moderately grave, affable to strangers, tohis own family mild. His conversation was discreet, which gained him the af-fection of those he had to deal with, and his presence attracted respect, having anair of authority and grandeur. He was a man of undaunted courage and highthoughts, patient, unmoved in the many troubles and adversities that attendedhim, ever relying on the Divine Providence. Gomara describes him as a manof good height, strong-limbed, with a long countenance, fresh and rosy in aspect,somewhat given to anger, hardy in exposure to fatigues. Benzoni says that Columbus was a man of exalted intellect, of a pleasantand ingenuous countenance. Bernaldez, the historian of Ferdinand and Isabella, who knew him intimatelyin his later years, says he was a man of very lofty genius, and of marvellouslyhonored memory. W^ith these personal characteristics, Columbus united a restless spirit, a firm
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< oz< < _l< o z oo uj IH Q UJ _l OO oc CO m S _l oo CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 135 will, and a singularly enthusiastic temperament. The latter faculty gave him a consuming zeal for his undertakings, which was as rare as it proved ultimatelysuccessful in compassing his great discovery. He was discouraged by no rebuffs,would take no denials. His motto seemed to be never to despair, and never tolet go. His spiritual nature was as remarkable as his intellectual. Here, hisimagination was the predominant faculty. He firmly believed himself divinelycommissioned to find out the Indies, and to bring their inhabitants into the foldof the true faith. He had early vowed to devote the profits of his enterprise, ifsuccessful, to rescue the tomb of Christ from the infidels. Himself a devout sonof the Church, he fervently believed that he had miraculous aid on many perilousoccasions of his life. Humble before God, he was sufficiently proud and inde-pendent before men. He insisted upon conditions

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