Teddy Roosevelt: “The lesson of deforestation in China is a lesson which mankind should…”

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The lesson of deforestation in China is a lesson which mankind should have learned many times already from what has occurred in other places.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt warns that the lessons from deforestation in China should serve as a cautionary tale for humanity.

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