We regard temples and Roman triumphal arches and Gothic cathedrals as a priceless value. . .but we are, as a whole, still in that low state of civilization where we do not understand that it is vandalism to destroy or to permit the destruction of what is beautiful in nature.
Markey references Theodore Roosevelt's view on preserving natural beauty.
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