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Of all territorial settlements made at the end of the World War none has been so frequently criticized as that which we call the Polish Corridor.

— Richard Hartshorne R. Hartshorne (1937)

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Geography is that discipline that seeks to describe and interpret the variable character from place to place of the earth as the world of man.

Perspective on the nature of geography (1958)

The primary problem of political geography [is] the analysis of the degree to which the diverse regions of the state constitute a unity.

Hartshorne (1955)

The unique purpose of geography is to seek comprehension of the variable character of areas in terms of all the interrelated features which together form that variable character.

Perspective on the nature of geography (1958)

Geography is concerned to provide accurate, orderly, and rational description and interpretation of the variable character of the earth surface.

Perspective on the nature of geography (1958)

We may once again modify our statement of the purpose of geography to read: the study that seeks to provide scientific description of the earth as the world of man.

Perspective on the nature of geography (1958)

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