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"History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another."
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"Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers."
"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."
"As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie."
"Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their blessings upon man."
"The evidence points to central Asia as man's original home, for the general movement of human migrations has been outward from that region and not inward."
"In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north."
"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."
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