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"After washing there was no place to pour the water except out of the window onto the heads of the people in the streets, which is the proper place to throw everything that is not wanted."
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."
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"Surprising as it may seem, this study indicates that similar conditions are best for all sorts of races."
"Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers."
"History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another."
"According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin."
"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."
"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."
"It seems strange that almost no other traces of the strong vikings are found in America."
"As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie."
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