From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment. Ellsworth Huntington More Quotes by Ellsworth Huntington More Quotes From Ellsworth Huntington America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton. Ellsworth Huntington skeletons science america Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential. Ellsworth Huntington vacation essentials years We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers. Ellsworth Huntington learning nature beauty With every throb of the climatic pulse which we have felt in Central Asia,, the centre of civilisation has moved this way and that. Each throb has sent pain and decay to the lands whose day was done, life and vigour to those whose day was yet to be. Ellsworth Huntington pain life science In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north. Ellsworth Huntington type forests america A journey of four hundred and thirty miles can be made in any part of the United States, but in Turkey it takes as many days. Ellsworth Huntington turkeys united-states journey History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another. Ellsworth Huntington men science history 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. Ellsworth Huntington rocks blessing men The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America. Ellsworth Huntington coast three america The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen North eliminates the more nervous and active types of mind. Ellsworth Huntington men science america It will be a vast boon to mankind when we learn to prophesy the precise dates when cycles of various kinds will reach definite stages. Ellsworth Huntington boon stage kind 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. Ellsworth Huntington animal science knowledge 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. Ellsworth Huntington home science past 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. Ellsworth Huntington home animal science Curiously enough man's body and his mind appear to differ in their climatic adaptations. Ellsworth Huntington mind men science The whole history of life is a record of cycles. Ellsworth Huntington history-of-life records life-is Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man. Ellsworth Huntington southern home men The Negro, however, has been tested on an extensive scale. Ellsworth Huntington tested scales has-beens 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. Ellsworth Huntington environmental race science Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers. Ellsworth Huntington house numbers people
