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But a brief explanation shows how all its peculiarities are the result of natural causes which operate with a force as unerring as gravitation.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner discusses the natural causes that influence climate, comparing them to the certainty of gravitational forces.

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