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Shortsighted persons, or persons blinded to the future by desire to make money in every way out of the present, sometimes speak as if no great damage would be done by the reckless destruction of our forests.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Shortsighted persons, or persons blinded to the future by desire to make money in every way out of the present…”
Editor's note · Context
He criticizes those who underestimate the consequences of forest destruction for short-term gain.
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