President. we find that history has a tendency to repeat itselfas we recall the trials and triumphs of the Great Discoverersucceeding in his quest beyond all mishap and even mutiny. It is a centuriesold document of human couragejustifying Columbus faith in himself and Isabellas faith in Columbusto risk the then princelyor queenlysum of $8.000 in an adventure that has so affected the destiny of mankind. It will pose again the question whether the discovered continents were not a liability rather than a profit for Spain as she poured her manpower into immigration and development of the distant landsSpain was gradually sapping her inner strength and losing her dominance in the world. There might be a lesson for America to conserve her own strengthsher manpower and material resourcesagainst a day of reckoning in a competitive world. It will help us to understand the problems that beset the head of government in a world that grows too close for comfort even as it grows greaterand faces new dangers as its destiny takes on new dimensions of spacenew dimensions of survival.
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