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"In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north."

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

"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."

"Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression."

"Up to 80 percent of the fish that we catch spend at least part of their lives in estuaries."

"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."
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"Not much has been written about the Nereids of modern Greece. Wherever there is a warm, healing stream they believe that it flows from the breasts of the Nereids."
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