Teddy Roosevelt: “The only trouble with the movement for the preservation of our forests…”

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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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Republican · New York

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

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The only trouble with the movement for the preservation of our forests is that it has not gone nearly far enough, and…”