A future Columbus
I have often thought of all these things, my friends, and I seriously believe that the aspect of our globe will some day be completely changed; that by the raising of new continents the sea will cover the old, and that, in future ages, a Columbus will go to discover the islands of Chimborazo, of the Himalayas, or of Mont Blanc, remains of a submerged America, Asia, and Europe.
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Context: Harding speculates on how coral-building insects and a cooling Earth may one day reshape the world's continents.
Not in a duel yet
Source: Part 1, Chapter 21