We must never forget who...
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We must never forget who it is who shall reign in glory for both this age and the next. Sometimes forgetting that, we allow ourselves to become the center of our universe. I love the story about the New York law firm who was hired to clear the title for a client on some property she owned in New Orleans.
They hired a New Orleans Title Company to trace the title. The title company traced the ownership back to 1803 and sent the report to the lawyers in New York. They wrote back and said that they had not gone far enough back. In due time they wrote back:
Gentlemen: Please be advised that in the year 1803 the United States of America acquired the territory of Louisiana from the Republic of France by purchase. The Republic of France in turn acquired it from the Spanish crown by conquest. The Spanish crown obtained the land by virtue of the discoveries of one Christopher Columbus, a Genoese sailor, who had been authorized to embark by Isabella, Queen of Spain, who obtained sanction from the Pope, Vicar of Christ, who is the Son and heir of Almighty God, who made Louisiana in the first place.
-- Piazza
They hired a New Orleans Title Company to trace the title. The title company traced the ownership back to 1803 and sent the report to the lawyers in New York. They wrote back and said that they had not gone far enough back. In due time they wrote back:
Gentlemen: Please be advised that in the year 1803 the United States of America acquired the territory of Louisiana from the Republic of France by purchase. The Republic of France in turn acquired it from the Spanish crown by conquest. The Spanish crown obtained the land by virtue of the discoveries of one Christopher Columbus, a Genoese sailor, who had been authorized to embark by Isabella, Queen of Spain, who obtained sanction from the Pope, Vicar of Christ, who is the Son and heir of Almighty God, who made Louisiana in the first place.
-- Piazza
