COLUMBUS NO CHANCE COMER.
The Hon. James Gillespie Blaine, one of America's leading statesmen. Born in Washington County, Pa., in 1830.
Columbus was no chance comer. The time was full. He was not premature; he was not late. He came in accordance with a scientifically formed if imperfect theory, whether his own or another's—a theory which had a logical foundation, and which projected logical sequences. * * * Had not Columbus discovered America in 1492, a hundred Columbuses would have discovered it in 1493.