Item propter tenuitatem caeli meridianae nationes ex acuta fervore mente expeditius celeriusque moventur ad consiliorum cogitationes; septentrionalis autem gentes infusae crassitudine caeli, propter obstantiam aeris umore refrigeratae stupentes habent mentes.
Southern nations also, owing to the rarity of the atmosphere, with minds rendered acute by the heat, are more readily and swiftly moved to the imagination of expedients; but northern peoples steeped in a thick climate amid reluctant air, are chilled by the damp, and have sluggish minds.
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