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Horace Porter

"Oh, the ignorance of us upon whom Providence did not sufficiently smile to permit us to be born in New England."

Horace Porter, American Soldier
Geography, England, Ignorance, Providence, Smile
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"Oh, the ignorance of us upon whom Providence did not sufficiently smile to permit us to be born in New England."

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"It was very clear that this was a very, very old site. There were remains of sod walls. Fishermen assumed it was an old Indian site. Bu Indians didn't use that kind of buildings and houses."

Helge Ingstad, Norwegian Explorer
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"It was raining in the small, mountainous country of Llamedos. It was always raining in Llamedos. Rain was the country's main export. It had rain mines."

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"There isn't a parallel of latitude but thinks it would have been the equator if it had had its rights."

Mark Twain, American Author
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"Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable."

Harry Johnston, British Explorer
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"Everything has to do with geography."

Judy Martz, American Politician
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"When I was in the fourth grade, I became intensely interested in geography and I learned it well."

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"Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President
Geography, Right, States, United
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"Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps."

Eric Bentley, English Critic
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"Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression."

Otto Von Bismarck, German Leader
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