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The frontiersman destroys the wilderness, and yet its destruction means his own.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “The frontiersman destroys the wilderness, and yet its destruction means his own.”
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Roosevelt captures the paradox of the frontiersman's role in both conquering and being consumed by the wilderness.
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