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"Again and again, to be sure, on the way to America, and under many other circumstances, man has passed through the most adverse climates and has survived, but he has flourished and waxed strong only in certain zones."
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"The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare."
"Oh, the ignorance of us upon whom Providence did not sufficiently smile to permit us to be born in New England."
"Manhattan is a narrow island off the coast of New Jersey devoted to the pursuit of lunch."
"How can the mind take hold of such a country? Generations of invaders have tried, but they remain in exile. The important towns they build are only retreats, their quarrels the malaise of men who cannot find their way home. India knows of their trouble. She knows of the whole world's trouble, to its uttermost depth. She calls "Come" through her hundred mouths, through objects ridiculous and august. But come to what? She has never defined. She is not a promise, only an appeal."
"Dr. David Livingstone left the Island of Zanzibar in March, 1866."
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"Although farming of any sort was almost as impossible in the plains as in the dry regions of winter rains farther west, the abundance of buffaloes made life much easier in many respects."
"Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers."
"As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie."
"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."
"The geysers and hot springs of the Yellowstone are another proof of recent volcanic activity."
"From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment."
"Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential."
"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."
"According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin."
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