From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment.
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In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north.
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Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man.
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According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin.
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Surprising as it may seem, this study indicates that similar conditions are best for all sorts of races.
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Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers.
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Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.
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As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie.
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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.
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For the source of any characteristic so widespread and uniform as this adaptation to environment we must go back to the very beginning of the human race.
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