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Woodrow Wilson: “In them both we turn our backs upon hesitation and makeshift and formulate a genuine policy of use and conservation, in…”

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In them both we turn our backs upon hesitation and makeshift and formulate a genuine policy of use and conservation, in the best sense of those words.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson emphasizes the importance of a genuine policy for resource use and conservation.

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