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A Fable on Resource Conservation from 1908 Speech
The piece frames a parable of a farmer couple who prosper by prudent use of land and pass assets to their children, then expands to a national warning on conserving natural resources. It argues forests, coal, oil, and water in the United States face exhaustion without common sense planning and public stewardship.
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