Ellsworth Huntington Quotes

The buffalo is a surprisingly stupid animal. - Ellsworth Huntington

Surprising as it may seem, this study indicates that similar conditions are best for all sorts of races. - Ellsworth Huntington

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

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

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. - Ellsworth Huntington

It seems strange that almost no other traces of the strong vikings are found in America. - Ellsworth Huntington

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. - Ellsworth Huntington

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

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

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

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