"Today, no less than in the past, the……" — Ellsworth Huntington
"Today, no less than in the past, the tetrahedral form of the earth and the relation of the tetrahedron to the poles and to the equator preserve the conditions that favor rapid evolution."
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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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Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers.
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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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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally…
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You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle…
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It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary.…
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Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.
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Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always…
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As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets,…
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One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to…
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