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"Clear skies do not promise rain."
"A puddle repeats infinity, and is full of light; nevertheless, if analyzed objectively, a puddle is a piece of dirty water spread very thin on mud."
"A planet without birds is a planet without angels!"
Explore more quotes by Ellsworth Huntington
"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."
"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."
"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."
"History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another."
"The geysers and hot springs of the Yellowstone are another proof of recent volcanic activity."
"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."
"Surprising as it may seem, this study indicates that similar conditions are best for all sorts of races."
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