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No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge o

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

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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

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Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential. – Ellsworth Huntington

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For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure. – Richard Cobden

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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. – Herodotus

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