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Teddy Roosevelt: “But only a savage would, in his private affairs, show such reckless disregard of the future; yet it is precisely this…”

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But only a savage would, in his private affairs, show such reckless disregard of the future; yet it is precisely this reckless disregard of the future which the opponents of the forestry system are now endeavoring to get the people of the United States to show.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt condemns the reckless disregard for future consequences in forestry practices.

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