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If they do we can help materially; we can direct their efforts, but we can not save the forests unless they wish them to be saved.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “If they do we can help materially; we can direct their efforts, but we can not save the forests unless they wish them to…”
Editor's note · Context
Roosevelt insists that the government can only assist in forest conservation if the local population desires it.
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