Robert Burton Quote

Columbus did not find out America by chance, but God directed him at that time to discover it; it was contingent to him, but necessary to God.


The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1621


Columbus did not find out America by chance, but God directed him at that time to discover it; it was contingent to him, but necessary to God.

Columbus did not find out America by chance, but God directed him at that time to discover it; it was contingent to him, but necessary to God.

Columbus did not find out America by chance, but God directed him at that time to discover it; it was contingent to him, but necessary to God.

Columbus did not find out America by chance, but God directed him at that time to discover it; it was contingent to him, but necessary to God.