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According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin.


Ellsworth Huntington


#according #almost #common #had #mankind

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.


Ellsworth Huntington


#everything #except #heads #onto #out

Again and again, to be sure, on the way to America, and under many other circumstances, man has passed through the most adverse climates and has survived, but he has flourished and waxed strong only in certain zones.


Ellsworth Huntington


#again #america #certain #circumstances #climates

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.


Ellsworth Huntington


#any #back #beginning #characteristic #environment

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


Ellsworth Huntington


#forest #most #north #type #widespread

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.


Ellsworth Huntington


#backward #company #easy #forests #fur

One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best friend/cop/detective type. You will never see me in that movie.


David Oyelowo


#allergic #best #best friend #black #cop

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.


Ellsworth Huntington


#animal #beings #determines #garment #human

The evidence points to central Asia as man's original home, for the general movement of human migrations has been outward from that region and not inward.


Ellsworth Huntington


#been #central #evidence #general #home

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


Ellsworth Huntington


#another #hot #proof #recent #springs






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