But there came a time when the forest had shrunk sufficiently to make each year's cutting a serious matter, and from that time on the destruction proceeded with appalling rapidity; for of course each year of destruction rendered the forest less able to recuperate, less able to resist next year's inroad.
Roosevelt discusses the accelerating destruction of forests, emphasizing the consequences of unsustainable practices over time.
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