Animal Quote by Ellsworth Huntington

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

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

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

America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton.

— Ellsworth Huntington

It seems strange that almost no other traces of the strong vikings are found in America.

— Ellsworth Huntington

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

Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.

— Ellsworth Huntington

Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man.

— Ellsworth Huntington

From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment.

— Ellsworth Huntington

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

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

History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another.

— Ellsworth Huntington