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The only trouble with the movement for the preservation of our forests is that it has not gone nearly far enough, and was not begun soon enough.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that the forest preservation movement needs to be more aggressive and timely.

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