Harry Luke,
The Handbook of Palestine — Preface
(1922)
“ Indeed, it is true to say that in Palestine you can choose the climate, or the century, that you prefer. And these conditions are found in a country so small that it is easy to motor in a single day from the northernmost town to the southernmost, and in a morning from the eastern boundary to the sea. ”
Harry Luke,
The Handbook of Palestine — Preface
(1922)
“ If I were called upon to express in a single word the dis- tinguishing characteristic of Palestine I should say Diversity — diversity of religions, diversity of civilizations, diversity of climate, diversity of physical characteristics. If the traveller wishes for coolness in the summer, he may live 3,000 feet above the level of the sea ; if he wishes for warmth in the winter, he may live 1,000 feet below. He may find among the Beduin of Beersheba precisely the conditions that prevailed in the time of Abraham ”
Harry Luke,
The Handbook of Palestine — Preface
(1922)
“ They desire gratefully to acknowledge the assistance that has been so readily placed at their disposal. In the first place they wish to thank the High Commissioner for the encouragement he has given them in their task, and for being good enough to contribute the introduction to the volume. ”
