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.

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.

As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie.

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

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.

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

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