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Teddy Roosevelt: “Any really civilized nation will so use all of these three great national assets that the nation will have their benefit…”

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Any really civilized nation will so use all of these three great national assets that the nation will have their benefit in the future.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that a civilized nation must wisely manage its natural resources for future benefit.

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