In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north. Ellsworth Huntington Read Quote
Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man. Ellsworth Huntington Read Quote
As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie. Ellsworth Huntington Read Quote
The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America. Ellsworth Huntington Read Quote
The Indians could not undertake any widespread cultivation of the plains not only because they lacked iron tools but also because they had no draft animals. Ellsworth Huntington Read Quote
Although farming of any sort was almost as impossible in the plains as in the dry regions of winter rains farther west, the abundance of buffaloes made life much easier in many respects. Ellsworth Huntington Read Quote
From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment. Ellsworth Huntington Read Quote
Thus the races, though alike in their physical response to climate, may possibly be different in their mental response because they have approached America by different paths. Ellsworth Huntington Read Quote
Curiously enough man’s body and his mind appear to differ in their climatic adaptations. Ellsworth Huntington Read Quote
