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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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Ellsworth Huntington
Age: 71 †
Born: 1876
Born: September 16
Died: 1947
Died: October 17
Economist
Geographer
Geopolitician
University Teacher
Galesburg
Illinois
World
Knowledge
Determine
Vegetation
Science
Majority
Occupations
Nature
Beings
Garment
Part
Understood
Inhabitants
Also
Truly
Garments
Human
Environment
Determines
Humans
Animal
Occupation
Without
Understanding
Environmental

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