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Ed Markey: “We regard temples and Roman triumphal arches and Gothic cathedrals as a priceless value. . .but we are, as a whole…”

On the recordNovember 2, 2011
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.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey references Theodore Roosevelt's view on preserving natural beauty.

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