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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Today, no less than in the past, the tetrahedral form of the earth and the relation of the tetrahedron to the poles and to the equator preserve the conditions that favor rapid evolution.Ellsworth Huntington
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Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man.
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It seems strange that almost no other traces of the strong vikings are found in America.
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