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Men Quotes by Ellsworth Huntington
- History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another.
- 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…
- Man could not stay there forever. He was bound to spread to new regions, partly because of his innate migratory tendency and partly because of…
- The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen…
- Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their…
- Curiously enough man's body and his mind appear to differ in their climatic adaptations.
- Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man.
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