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.
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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.Ellsworth Huntington
Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it is easy for a great fur company to maintain a practical monopoly.
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The Negro, however, has been tested on an extensive scale.
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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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The buffalo is a surprisingly stupid animal.
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From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment.
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