Ta opening his discourse, Mr. Edgar said, "Geographic control, or the relation between the organic and Inorganic, 4 to the nation what the childhood influences are to the mao; everywhere, at all times, must recognized when we try to explain why @ people work, think, worsbiff sand unite socially in a given man-
"The Eskimos have, perforce, circumscribed outlook; a limited experience and a simple philosophy. They ye a costal people living in {ce houses with " blubber diet and far wardrobe. An invisible but seemingly omnipotent Will so dictates and any defiance or non-conformity would seem at first fatal to the 'A. marooned settlement, Dependency would be the a control even more pitiwould not perturb the League of Nations, and we can understand how H. E.
0's vision of rice field on the Tibetan plateaux did not engender unusual enthusiasm in hearts of Chinefe or Tibetan A Most Amazing Feature Nature's tyranny, of the land of Thibet wav one of the most interesting phases of the paper. Tt was described aff one of the "most amazing features on the planet, and probably apart from areas in the Frigid Zones the most. unapproachable. Its rugged front frown over Turks Mr. Edgar said, the plains of China, India and
the interior plateaux are crossed and ense-creased by interminable spurs alway near, of above, @ very high anoweline, "As a consequence, at Toast. nin mighty rivers have their springs in the unknown centre. One result in that in some places an altitude of 15,000 feet may foparate the highest peak from lowest flat, fact which sugges climatic changes equivalent to th experienced between the poles and the 24th paralled of latitude, From historical references, Mr. Edgar inferred in his talk' that Thibet_ was inhabited from very earliest times. The fame ref ences indicate that Thibet was a natural fortress and that fugitives from many lands were constantly wros of the privilege Tt became the home of the non-conformist and the outcast," Mr. Edgar continued, "who obviously would not encourage the usual racial intercommunications, 'This attitude, however, would not prohibit a non-fugitive' element, which forced by' dire necessity would filter in along the lines of least resistance. From the north, pastoral communities for various reason would trek south over low passes to new grazing around, and the deep, warm valleys would offer similar inducements for remnants of races in Yunnan... For the sake of clearness we may fum up the situation in Thibet as follows: The Thibetans first reached the land as fugitives and the strong. alone remained to Yolsess and ex-plait it. Tt was a wild land, is-elated, dificult to approach and fed_productivity, and the Thi-befans's non-conforming ancestry, made intercommunications fitful and precarious. This simply meant that, being of necessity a slave to, geographic control, "he developed a character ay wild and unique as the land. Inside hhis_ fortress" he found enough to wear, ample to drink and something to eat; but his country den shim education, culture, a 7 and the benefits of controls different from his own. He was in a backwash, Real' progress seemed impossible, But he did progress."
Clan Isolation From tins point Mr. Edgar deve-Joped the hierarchy in the land.
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