 Yes ! gentlemen, says our author, give me the map of any country, its configuration, its climate, its waters, its winds, and the whole of its physical geography ; give me its natural productions, its flora, its zoology, &c., and I pledge myself to tell...  System of Universal Geography: Founded on the Works of Malte-Brun and Balbi ... - Page 110by James Laurie - 1842 - 1063 pagesFull view - About this book
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...productions, its flora, its zoology, &c., and I pledge myself to tell you, à priori, what will be the quality of man in that country, and what part its inhabitants will act in history; — not accidentally, but necessarily; not at any particular epoch, but in all; in short, — what... | |
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