The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen North eliminates the more nervous and active types of mind.
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Curiously enough man's body and his mind appear to differ in their climatic adaptations.Ellsworth Huntington
History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another.
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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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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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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.
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The buffalo is a surprisingly stupid animal.
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