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how to do justice to the fearlessness of their noble predecessors, who, in frail caravels and through an unmeasured wilderness of ocean, could cleave a pathway, not only to the glory of their own nation but to the civilization and the prosperity of the entire world.
I remain,
My dear Sir Henry,
Yours very truly,
R H. MAJOR.
To Sir Henry Ellis, K.H.
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