Excerpt from The Expansion of the American People, Social and Territorial Climate must also be reckoned among these deter mining causes. An attractive hillside in the early year becomes a bleak and barren spot in autumn; a valley enchanting in the rigors Of winter becomes unendurable in the heat of summer. Springs and brooks, affording water and food at one season of the year, are dangerous at another season from malaria. To such disturbing influences must be added plenty or scarcity of food; distribution of trees ...
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Excerpt from The Expansion of the American People, Social and Territorial Climate must also be reckoned among these deter mining causes. An attractive hillside in the early year becomes a bleak and barren spot in autumn; a valley enchanting in the rigors Of winter becomes unendurable in the heat of summer. Springs and brooks, affording water and food at one season of the year, are dangerous at another season from malaria. To such disturbing influences must be added plenty or scarcity of food; distribution of trees and game; chance droughts or floods. Any one of these reasons may cause divergence from direct routes of migra tion. But the one cause which has determined the lines of migration and place of settlement more than another is the influence of tribes and nations upon each other. The primary law governing man is the same as that governing the lower animals; namely, the survival of the fittest. It is persistent, relentless, and savage, until it is tempered by the higher senti ments of civilization and the accompanying forms of religion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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