Ellsworth Huntington Quotes

American - Educator | September 16, 1876 - October 17, 1947

History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another.

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America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton.

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Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers.

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The geysers and hot springs of the Yellowstone are another proof of recent volcanic activity.

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We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers.

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America is the last great goal of these migrations.

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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.

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A journey of four hundred and thirty miles can be made in any part of the United States, but in Turkey it takes as many days.

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After washing there was no place to pour the water except out of the window onto the heads of the people in the streets, which is the proper place to throw everything that is not wanted.

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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 Negro, however, has been tested on an extensive scale.

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