Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It soon became obvious that we were but on the threshold of the discovery.
I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown.
In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation.
The thing to keep in mind is that we're still in the very early days when it comes to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Saying there's a silence is a bit like if Columbus, looking to discover a new continent, only sailed 10 miles off the coast of Spain before turning back to say, 'Nothing out there!'
Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered.
Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.
If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.
Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
Americans were told repeatedly by President Bush and Vice President Cheney that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. None were ever found.