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Teddy Roosevelt: “Our aim should be to get the fullest use from the forest to-day, and yet to get that benefit in ways which will keep the…”

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Our aim should be to get the fullest use from the forest to-day, and yet to get that benefit in ways which will keep the forests for our children in the generations to come; so that, for instance, the country adjoining Puget Sound shall have the lumbering industry as a permanent industry.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of sustainable forestry practices for future generations.

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