Ellsworth Huntington Quotes

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

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  Science, Skeletons, America

  Ellsworth Huntington (1920). “The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America”, p.25, Library of Alexandria

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• La historia en su aspecto más amplio es un registro de las migraciones del hombre de un entorno a otro.

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  Ciencia, Hombres, Historia

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). "Crónica de la América aborigen: Historia Juvenil - - Americana", p.2, VM eBooks.

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• With every throb of the climatic pulse which we have felt in Central Asia,, the centre of civilisation has moved this way and that. Each throb has sent pain and decay to the lands whose day was done, life and vigour to those whose day was yet to be.

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  Life, Pain, Science

  Ellsworth Huntington (1907). “The Pulse of Asia: A Journey in Central Asia Illustrating the Geographical Basis of History”

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

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  Beauty, Nature, Learning

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.38, VM eBooks

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• Año tras año vamos aprendiendo que en esta vida americana nuestra, inquieta y agotadora, las vacaciones son esenciales.

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  Vacation, Years, Essentials

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.38, VM eBooks

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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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  Blessing, Men, Rocks

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.38, VM eBooks

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• El organismo humano hereda una adaptación al clima tan delicada que, a pesar de la presumida capacidad del hombre para vivir en cualquier parte, la tensión del helado Norte elimina los tipos de mente más nerviosos y activos.

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  Science, Men, America

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.9, VM eBooks

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• Aunque las montañas pueden guiar las migraciones, las llanuras son las regiones donde habita un mayor número de personas.

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  Numbers, People, House

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.20, VM eBooks

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• Curiously enough man's body and his mind appear to differ in their climatic adaptations.

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  Ciencia, Hombres, Mente

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). "Crónica de la América aborigen: Historia Juvenil - - Americana", p.5, VM eBooks.

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• 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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  Naturaleza, Ciencia, Hombres

  Ellsworth Huntington (1920). “The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America”, p.10, Library of Alexandria

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• The buffalo is a surprisingly stupid animal.

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  Funny, Stupid, Animal

  Ellsworth Huntington (1920). “The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America”, p.97, Library of Alexandria

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• In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north.

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  America, Forests, Type

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.40, VM eBooks

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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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  Journey, Turkeys, United States

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• The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.

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  America, Three, Coast

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.56, VM eBooks

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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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  Support, Ordinary, Doe

  Ellsworth Huntington (1920). “The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America”

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• Los geólogos se están convenciendo rápidamente de que los mamíferos se extendieron desde su punto de origen en Asia central debido en gran parte a las grandes variaciones climáticas.

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  Mammals, Climate, Asian

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.6, VM eBooks

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• 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.

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  Kind, Stage, Boon

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• Thus the races, though alike in their physical response to climate, may possibly be different in their mental response because they have approached America by different paths.

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  Race, America, Climate

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). "Crónica de la América aborigen: Historia Juvenil - - Americana", p.5, VM eBooks.

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• Ninguna parte del mundo puede comprenderse verdaderamente sin un conocimiento de su vestimenta vegetal, ya que ésta determina no sólo la naturaleza de los habitantes animales, sino también las ocupaciones de la mayoría de los seres humanos.

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  Conocimiento, Ciencia, Animal

  Ellsworth Huntington (1920). "The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America", p.58, Biblioteca de Alejandría

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• De hecho, la historia de Norteamérica ha estado quizá más profundamente influenciada por la herencia del hombre de sus hogares pasados que por las características físicas de su hogar actual.

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  Inicio, Ciencia, Pasado

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). "Crónica de la América aborigen: Historia Juvenil - - Americana", p.2, VM eBooks.

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• Desde el principio hasta el fin, la civilización de América ha estado ligada a su entorno físico.

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  Ciencia, Civilización, América

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). "Crónica de la América aborigen: Historia Juvenil - - Americana", p.74, VM eBooks.

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• Para conocer el origen de una característica tan extendida y uniforme como esta adaptación al entorno, debemos remontarnos a los orígenes de la raza humana.

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  Ciencia, raza, medio ambiente

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). "Crónica de la América aborigen: Historia Juvenil - - Americana", p.5, VM eBooks.

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

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  Scales, Has Beens, Tested

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.3, VM eBooks

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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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  Home, Men, Southern

  Ellsworth Huntington (1920). “The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America”, p.60, Library of Alexandria

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• 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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  Home, Science, Animal

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.41, VM eBooks

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