List of Ellsworth Huntington Quotes

Geologists Are Rapidly Becoming Convinced That The Mammals Spread From Their Central Asian Point Of Origin Largely Because Of Great Variations In Climate.

As A Matter Of Fact, An Ordinary Desert Supports A Much Greater Variety Of Plants Than Does Either A Forest Or A Prairie.

No Part Of The World Can Be Truly Understood Without A Knowledge Of Its Garment Of Vegetation, For This Determines Not Only The Nature Of The Animal Inhabitants But Also The Occupations Of The Majority Of Human Beings.

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.

The Negro, However, Has Been Tested On An Extensive Scale.

Except On Their Southern Borders The Great Northern Forests Are Not Good As A Permanent Home For Man.

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.

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.

It Will Be A Vast Boon To Mankind When We Learn To Prophesy The Precise Dates When Cycles Of Various Kinds Will Reach Definite Stages.

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.

The Whole History Of Life Is A Record Of Cycles.