Ellsworth Huntington
Educator
1876-09-16
Quotes by Ellsworth Huntington
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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 blessings upon man.
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The buffalo is a surprisingly stupid animal.
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It seems strange that almost no other traces of the strong vikings are found in America.
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According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin.
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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 Nature's stern urgency.
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Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.
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Geologists are rapidly becoming convinced that the mammals spread from their central Asian point of origin largely because of great variations in climate.
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No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings.
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After washing there was no place to pour the water except out of the window onto the heads of the people in the streets, which is the proper place to throw everything that is not wanted.
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For the source of any characteristic so widespread and uniform as this adaptation to environment we must go back to the very beginning of the human race.
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The Indians could not undertake any widespread cultivation of the plains not only because they lacked iron tools but also because they had no draft animals.
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Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it is easy for a great fur company to maintain a practical monopoly.
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In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north.
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The geysers and hot springs of the Yellowstone are another proof of recent volcanic activity.
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