It seems ironic that on the 500th anniversary of Columbus discovery of the Americas that we would stand in this body and make the arguments against exploration and discovery that were advanced by the proponents of the flat Earth theory five centuries ago. "Do not explore" they said. "we know all that we need to know. We will discover nothing and waste the Kings treasure." We have heard this here today. but a lot of us know better. We know that Americans. by their very nature. need horizons to explore and obstacles to conquer. When the frontier of this country was formed by the Appalachian Mountains. explorers and immigrants pushed West. When the Great Plains formed a boundary to our expansion. we built railroads and conquered the Far West to the Pacific Ocean. When the continental United States had expanded to its limits.
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