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Remember that you can prevent such a timber famine occurring by wise action taken in time, but once the famine occurs there is no possible way of hurrying the growth of the trees necessary to relieve it.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Remember that you can prevent such a timber famine occurring by wise action taken in time, but once the famine occurs…”
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Roosevelt warns that proactive measures are essential to prevent a timber famine, which cannot be quickly remedied once it occurs.
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