But despite this - and the fact that Columbus spenthiswholelife believing he had in fact landed in Asia - he ranks as a great explorer for his bravery in sailing into the unknown.
But while he loved the romance of newspapering as a trade and spenthiswholelife a couple hours from the small town where he grew up, Ebert was never the kind to be anchored to the past.
Mawdudi spenthiswholelife trying to turn Pakistan into an Islamic republic ruled under shariah and he was horrified over the encroachment of Western values and culture into the Islamic world, so he called for a separate and distinct economic and financial system for Muslims to insulate them from the influences of Western wealth.