Hardly a name in profane history is more august than his. Hardly another character in the world's record has made so little of its opportunities. His discovery was a blunder; his blunder was a new world; the New World is his monument.
在世俗的历史上，几乎没有一个名字比他更令人肃然起敬。在世界纪录上，几乎没有另一个角色如此不珍惜自己的机会。他的发现是个错误;他的错误是一个新世界;新世界是他的丰碑。