Ellsworth Huntington - America Quotes

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

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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 than by the physical features of his present home.

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

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The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.

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Thus the races, though alike in their physical response to climate, may possibly be different in their mental response because they have approached America by different paths.

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In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north.

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