We must preserve them in such a way and with such a knowledge of forestry and the reproduction of the timber as shall permit us to enjoy all the timber that ought to be cut and to leave that which shall insure a constant reforestation of the country.
On the recordOctober 4, 1909
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Address at a Banquet Tendered by Citizens of San Francisco at the Hotel Fairmont
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