クリストファー・コロンブスは、周知の通り後世の人々に尊敬されているが、それは彼がアメリカ大陸を発見した最後の人物だからだ。 - ジェームズ・ジョイス (1882 - 1941)
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Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honoured by posterity because he was the last to discover America. - James (Augustine Aloysius) Joyce (1882 - 1941)
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