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.

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He served as Presidents of the Ecological Society of America in 1917 the Association of American Geographers in 1923 and the President of the Board of Directors of the American Eugenics Society from 1934 to 1938. He taught at Euphrates College Turkey (1897–1901); accompanied the Pumpelly (1903) and Barrett (1905–1906) expeditions to central Asia; and wrote of his Asian experiences in Explorations in Turkestan (1905) and The Pulse of Asia (1907). He was on the original standing committee of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles from 1941.