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Incontestably, the great centres of population in the primeval ages were the chalklands, and next to them those of limestone. The chalk first, for it furnished man with flints, and the limestone next when he had learned to barter.
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"Incontestably, the great centres of population in the primeval ages were the chalklands, and next to them those of limestone. The chalk first, for it furnished man with flints, and the limestone next when he had learned to barter."
— Sabine Baring-Gould

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Incontestably, the great centres of population in the primeval ages were the chalklands, and next to them those of limestone. The chalk first, for it furnished man with flints, and the limestone next when he had learned to barter. — Sabine Baring-Gould

About Sabine Baring-Gould

Sabine Baring-Gould was a Clergyman from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1834–1924).

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Who said "Incontestably, the great centres of population in the primeval ages were the ch…"?
This quote is attributed to Sabine Baring-Gould, a Clergyman from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Sabine Baring-Gould lived from 1834 – 1924.