#largely

Geologists are rapidly becoming convinced that the mammals spread from their central Asian point of origin largely because of great variations in climate. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

#because #becoming #central #climate #convinced

We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

#ethnic #largely #ourselves #racial #terms

The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader. ↗

— Mary Frances Berry

#african #african american #american #appeal #based

Long Island is shaped the way it is largely because of Robert Moses. Long Island is a perfect example of how political power shapes people's lives every day. ↗

— Robert Caro

#day #every #every day #example #how

Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#consists #dead #jones #journalism #knew

More particularly, having a largely German-oriented education has made me very responsive to 19th-century German literature. ↗

— John le Carre

#education #german #having #largely #literature

The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#inner life #inordinate #largely #life #literature

The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#history #largely #liberty #observance #procedural

Educational legislation nowadays is largely in the hands of illiterate people, and the illiterate will take good care that their illiteracy is not made a reproach on them. ↗

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

#educational #good #hands #illiteracy #illiterate

Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth. ↗

— Gary Larson

#changed #comparable #demands #diversity #earth