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 HuntingtonWith 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.
Ellsworth HuntingtonAlthough mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers.
Ellsworth HuntingtonHistory in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another.
Ellsworth Huntington