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The term eiimats properly defined, consti-
tutes " the aggregate Of ell external physical
circumstances sppertsiniDg 20 each locality
| in its relation TO organic matter" There are
two classes of causes which govern the super.
/ fetal temperature Of the earth. The one re-
suit. from the glObulsr figure OF the earth. irs daily
notion anon iss axis and the obhqlity OF this morion
IN an eiDtieal orb. in regard 20 the plane Of the
equator Snd the ether depends upon the position Of
the place On the earths surface regards elevation
above and distance from the sea-tle one resulting
from celestial relation and the other depending upon
geographical position Ii the superficial temperature
of the earth depended solely upon the orn,er csaes
might be classed with mathematical precision, and
bounded ard designated with unvaryng longitudinal
exactness but the effects produced By solar heat are
SO moi6ed by local that the climatic features
Of any region can by determined only by continuous
! observstons-by physical geography without refer
ence 70 latitude
Climate embraces all those notifications of the at
mosphere by which our organs are sensibly Affected
such ss temperature humidity tranquility. winds,
putty of air or its mixture with gaseous emsnsfions
electric pressure &C. The latitude and altitude OF
country do not always express, and often very r,per
fectly Indicate its climate for latitude and altitude
modified by the eonfguration and extent Of Ne
try its inclination and local exposure by use=ntans,
and their distance and direction the soil proximity
or distance from the sea the winds which blend the
temperatures Of different atitudes-t this which con.
stituses elanetoloSs
The greater or less extent Of sescoast in proportion
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seas, exercise a great influence the climate Of
country The small amount of variation in the tenn
perature Of the ocean equsres the periodic dstribu
ton Of heat among the different Of the year
snd the proximity Of great OF water moderstes,
BY ts action on the winds the heat OF and the
cold Of winter Il is this which the great differ
ence between the climate OF islands and coasts, and the
climate Of the interior Of states and continents. A
small island tongue Of land or ndented coast possesses
more moderate climate, milder winters and fresher
summers than the interior Of large continuous tracts OF
land under the same latitude
By following line around the globe, when the mean
annual temperature is $50 i0 il passes Pekin on
the eastern coast OF the Old World in latitude $50 81
and near Philadelphia on the eastern coast
Of the New World in latitude $50 So, and
near Bordeaux on the western coast Of the Old
World, in latitude 45o 46 and little south Of the
mouth Of the Columbia River on the western coast OF
the New World in latitude az 40. The mean tempe
nature Of the West of Europe between the Goth and
Goth degrees of latitude Is from % 60 10 l6o 90 warmer
than that of the Eastern coast Of North America be-
tween the same ATTITUDES We have in NewYork the
summer Of Rome and the winter OF Copenhagen, and
at Quebec the summer of Paris and the winter of Pc
tersburg The mean temperature Of Stockholm, in
latitude Coz Is the same that Of Newfoundland In
pai. ~ ,ha
as that OF Boston in latitude 40 30 and that OF Rome
and Florence in latitude 43o the that Of North
Carolina ia latitude 36o
In the European climate two points having the same
winter temperature may differ much lie in lstl.
tude Thus in Scotland, In latitude SO, the winters
are more mild than ct Milan in latitude i5o 2 and at
the northern extremity of Europe, under latitude no.
the winters are 70 milder than st. Petersburg In lat
/ tude $50 So And the same contrast exists in North
America the winter temperature at Vancouver, Ore
son Territory In latitude 45o 81 Is the that s
Jeffersoa Barracks, Missouri, 20 further south.
The summer temperature OF the region about Mos
cow and about the mouth Of the Loire, la France Ia
the same although differing Ito In latitude and In the
United States although the difference does not
exist as regards latitude yet extraordinary contrast, In
temperature are discovered upon the same parallel,
running from the Atlantic through the Great Lakes
tis within the temperate zone from about 3Oo to 600
of north latitude In Europe and from 32 10 49, In the
United StAtes that the year exhibits the grateful ycis
STUDIES Of the four seasonsthe varied charms OF spring
and autumn, the tempered fires OF summer, and the
healthfu riqors % winter Wisdom desires not that
"e.ernal spring which poets Affect to depore for as
climate not only Affects the health but modides tho
whole physical organization Of man, and obviously In
fuences the progress Of civilization also Is equally
certain that uniform and variable chimes, mild and
extreme once connected with terrestrial carnations,
reveal many Of the circumstances that control the des
/ tinies Of nations.
We all know that when nature has bestowed per
feet organization the mental moral and physical at
tributes Of man made dependent upon the inhuen-
ees OF those causes the aggregate Of which constitute
climate History and observation teach us that the
/ bsneful exhalstions Of msrshy districts and warm
! climates sap the energies OF the system, and oecs-
| sion premature decrepitude-snd that the effects OF
this poisonous malaria during successive generations
are torpid and mbecile minds, debeEed moral senti'
en,s and deterioration in the stature and symmetry Of
the body Indeed due succession Of the seasonsthe
agreeable and favorable yicisstude Of spring summer
autumn and winter beet adapted II not indlspen
sable to the full intellectual and corporal deveope
ment-to the production and growth Of the perfect
man"
lis between the i0th and Goth degree Of north lati
tude. according to yeritsbe history, that we find Ma
tons moot distinguished for knowledge and civilization
end the di.pAy Of courage by ses and land. Where
there = no summer the people destitute Of taste
and genius snd where there u winter, true VaOr,
loyalty, and patriotism quite unknown-hence the
superiority Vi the warlke Nations Of Southern Europe,
over the eeminAte Inhabitants OF Asia and 70 the same
cause mainly Is TO be sscrbed the conquest Of the for
mer BY the Formidable hories from Northern Europe.
And Il we look TO North America, lad history
teaching by example, requiring no gin Of diVinAton
to orsee the destiny Of the remaining pOssessi0ns OF
Mexico and Of the States 70 the south thereof whose
Inhabitants enervsted by climate must yield, BY that
necessity which controls all moral laws 10 me ener'
ge,ie and resistess arm Of the Anglo saxon race.
The physical character Of ths primitive races o. the