History In Its Broadest Aspect

History In Its Broadest Aspect Is A Record Of Man's Migrations From One Environment To Another.

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.

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.

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.

With Every Throb Of The Climatic Pulse Which We Have Felt In Central Asia,, The Centre Of Civilisation Has Moved This Way And That. Each Throb Has Sent Pain And Decay To The Lands Whose Day Was Done, Life And Vigour To Those Whose Day Was Yet To Be.