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Teddy Roosevelt: “Forest protection is not an end of itself; it is a means to increase and sustain the resources of our country and the…”

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Forest protection is not an end of itself; it is a means to increase and sustain the resources of our country and the industries which depend upon them.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that forest protection is essential for sustaining national resources and industries.

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