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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  tion 
  of 
  geographical 
  progress, 
  and 
  who 
  are 
  ignorant 
  of 
  the 
  progress 
  

   already 
  gained, 
  that 
  objection 
  is 
  made 
  against 
  the 
  effort 
  to 
  bring 
  

   every 
  geographical 
  fact 
  under 
  the 
  explanation 
  of 
  natural 
  processes. 
  

   No 
  one 
  of 
  active 
  mind 
  can 
  look 
  across 
  our 
  upland 
  and 
  fail 
  to 
  gather 
  

   increased 
  pleasure 
  and 
  profit 
  from 
  understanding 
  its 
  history. 
  No 
  

   one 
  who 
  looks 
  upon 
  geography 
  as 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  in 
  relation 
  

   to 
  man 
  can 
  contemplate 
  the 
  contrast 
  between 
  glaciated 
  New 
  Eng- 
  

   land 
  [or 
  New 
  York] 
  and 
  nonglaciated 
  Carolina 
  without 
  inquiring 
  

   into 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  contrast 
  : 
  he 
  might 
  as 
  well 
  study 
  the 
  Sahara 
  

   and 
  the 
  Sudan 
  without 
  asking 
  the 
  reason 
  for 
  the 
  dryness 
  of 
  the 
  

   one 
  and 
  the 
  moisture 
  of 
  the 
  other." 
  

  

  