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The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen North eliminates the more nervous and active types of mind.

Ellsworth Huntington

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Der menschliche Organismus erbt eine so delikate Anpassung an das Klima, dass trotz der Fähigkeit des Menschen, überall zu leben, die Anspannung des gefrorenen Nordens die nervöseren und aktiveren Arten des Geistes beseitigt.

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