Thanks Be To God, The Air Is

One Does Not Discover New Lands Without Consenting To Lose Sight Of The Shore For A Very Long Time. Variants Include "you Can Never Cross The Ocean Unless You Have The Courage To Lose Sight Of The Shore".

It Is Hoped That By God's Assistance, Some Of The Continents In The Ocean Will Be Discovered ... For The Glory Of God.

The Tempest Was Terrible And Separated Me From My [other] Vessels That Night, Putting Every One Of Them In Desperate Straits, With Nothing To Look Forward To But Death. Each Was Certain The Others Had Been Destroyed. What Man Ever Born, Not Excepting Job, Who Would Not Have Died Of Despair, When In Such Weather Seeking Safety For My Son, My Brother, Shipmates, And Myself, We Were Forbidden [access To] The Land And The Harbors Which I, By God's Will And Sweating Blood, Had Won For Spain?

Thus The Eternal God, Our Lord, Gives Victory To Those Who Follow His Way Over Apparent Impossibilities.

No One Should Fear To Undertake Any Task In The Name Of Our Saviour, If It Is Just And If The Intention Is Purely For His Holy Service.