Gestures and facial expressions do indeed communicate, as anyone can prove by turning off the sound on a television set and asking watchers to characterize the speakers from the picture alone.

Marriage is simply an economic necessity, and so there are no elaborate courtship displays or marriage celebrations among the Eskimo.

Food to a large extent is what holds a society together, and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.

An inability to communicate has little to do with international friction-as is seen in the special ferocity of wars fought between people who speak the same language.

In place of science, the Eskimo has only magic to bridge the gap between what he can understand and what is not known. Without magic, his life would be one long panic.

The environment does not determine man's culture; it merely sets the outer limits and at the same time offers opportunities.

At every moment of his life the Shoshone must be careful to observe the complicated folkways of his group, to do reverence to superhuman powers, to remember the courtesies and obligations of family, to pay homage to certain sacred plants, or to avoid particular places.