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Teddy Roosevelt: “We should keep the trees as we should keep great stretches of the wildernesses as a heritage for our children and our…”

On the recordMay 10, 1903
We should keep the trees as we should keep great stretches of the wildernesses as a heritage for our children and our children's children.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Address at Santa Cruz, California

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