"Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are……" — Ellsworth Huntington
"Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers."
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Ellsworth Huntington
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35 Quotes by Ellsworth Huntington
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For the source of any characteristic so widespread and uniform as this adaptation to environment we must go back to…
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From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment.
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History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another.
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In fact, the history of North America has been perhaps more profoundly influenced by man's inheritance from his past homes…
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No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines…
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America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton.
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With every throb of the climatic pulse which we have felt in Central Asia,, the centre of civilisation has moved…
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Man could not stay there forever. He was bound to spread to new regions, partly because of his innate migratory…
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Thus the races, though alike in their physical response to climate, may possibly be different in their mental response because…
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A journey of four hundred and thirty miles can be made in any part of the United States, but in…
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As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest…
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The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere,…
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
— Saint Augustine
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Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
— Jane Austen
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God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so…
— Teresa of Avila
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Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live,…
— Joseph Addison
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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and…
— Joseph Addison
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I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell…
— Jim Bishop
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Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.
— William Blake
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A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it…
— Louisa May Alcott
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Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean.…
— David Cameron
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What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today,…
— David Cameron
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You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try…
— Johnny Cash
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