Well and gracefully defined seasons, with wet-bulb temperatures ranging between the

physical optimum W and the mental optimum M, but not greatly exceeding them.

High relative humidity in winter and moderately high in summer.

No excessive heat. (Absence of shaded red).
No excessive cold. (Absence of shaded yellow).
Extremely low percentage of intense sunshine.

In this region large amounts of bodily energy were not needed to combat excessive
heat or cold, nor to develop and maintain pigmentation as a protection against
intense sunshine. Hence these people were enabled to utilize the maximum of bodily
energy for useful work and the attainment of a degree of civilization superior to
that of their less fortunately located neighbors. Their climate gave them the
energy and stamina to effectively develop all their natural resources, procure from
other regions those materials which they did not possess, and to dominate the
affairs of the world.

The freedom from climactic extremes was also favorable for the development of all
industries depending upon materials of animal and vegetable origin, and for raising
the most perfect and productive types of domesticated animals.