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It is rapidly becoming a well-settled policy of this people that we of the present generation hold the land in part as trustees for the next generation, and not exclusively for our own selfish enjoyment.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “It is rapidly becoming a well-settled policy of this people that we of the present generation hold the land in part as…”
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Roosevelt articulates the idea that current generations must act as stewards of the land for future generations.
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