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Teddy Roosevelt: “The truth is that people have a very misty idea as to the worth of wild lands.”

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The truth is that people have a very misty idea as to the worth of wild lands.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt critiques the common misconceptions people have about the value of undeveloped land.

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