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Teddy Roosevelt: “But forests, if used as all our forests have been used in the past and as most of them are still used, will be either…”

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But forests, if used as all our forests have been used in the past and as most of them are still used, will be either wholly destroyed, or so damaged that many decades have to pass before effective use can be made of them again.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns that improper use of forests can lead to their destruction and long recovery times.

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