Life: September 16, 1876 - October 17, 1947
Birthday: September 16
Death: October 17
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.
source: Ellsworth Huntington (1907). “The Pulse of Asia: A Journey in Central Asia Illustrating the Geographical Basis of History”
topic: Life, Pain, Land, Central Asia