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Teddy Roosevelt: “In the first place, the actual destruction, or, if this is not possible, at any rate the needless waste, of the natural…”

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In the first place, the actual destruction, or, if this is not possible, at any rate the needless waste, of the natural resources must be stopped.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt calls for the cessation of the destruction and waste of natural resources.

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