As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie. — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
In fact, the history of North America has been perhaps more profoundly influenced by man's inheritance from his past homes than by the physical features of his present home. — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
The evidence points to central Asia as man's original home, for the general movement of human migrations has been outward from that region and… — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
After washing there was no place to pour the water except out of the window onto the heads of the people in the streets,… — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
Although farming of any sort was almost as impossible in the plains as in the dry regions of winter rains farther west, the abundance… — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton. — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
It seems strange that almost no other traces of the strong vikings are found in America. — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
Again and again, to be sure, on the way to America, and under many other circumstances, man has passed through the most adverse climates… — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential. — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man. — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment. — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
It will be a vast boon to mankind when we learn to prophesy the precise dates when cycles of various kinds will reach definite… — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower… — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another. — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
