Ellsworth Huntington
Ellsworth Huntington
Ellsworth Huntingtonwas a professor of geography at Yale University during the early 20th century, known for his studies on environmental determinism/climatic determinism, economic growth and economic geography. He served as President of the Ecological Society of America in 1917, the Association of American Geographers in 1923 and President of the Board of Directors of the American Eugenics Society from 1934 to 1938...
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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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Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.
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We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers.
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The Negro, however, has been tested on an extensive scale.
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The whole history of life is a record of cycles.
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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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Curiously enough man's body and his mind appear to differ in their climatic adaptations.
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Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man.
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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.
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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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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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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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Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers.
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The geysers and hot springs of the Yellowstone are another proof of recent volcanic activity.