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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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"Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature."
"In the draws the smoke coming off the ground like mist and the thin black trees burning on the slopes like heathen candles."
"Every now and then I sit and watch the sun rise to remind myself how it's done-peacefully, steadily, warmly, and in beautiful color."
"Custom is second nature."
"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."
"Sipping teawith gleebeneath a gooseberry tree.I wish Alice were here.Oh, my dear,do not fear,she will be."
"In the summer heat the reapers say, "We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair."
"They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake."
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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."
"In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north."
"Geologists are rapidly becoming convinced that the mammals spread from their central Asian point of origin largely because of great variations in climate."
"Surprising as it may seem, this study indicates that similar conditions are best for all sorts of races."
"From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment."
"In fact, the history of North America has been perhaps more profoundly influenced by man's inheritance from his past homes than by the physical features of his present home."
"It seems strange that almost no other traces of the strong vikings are found in America."
"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."
"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."
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