Ellsworth Huntington Quotes & Sayings

“We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers.”

“Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their blessings upon man.”

“America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton.”

“Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.”

“The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.”

“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.”

“As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie.”

“In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north.”

“The buffalo is a surprisingly stupid animal.”

“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.”