Please read the following excerpt from the Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt. This was published in 1913, and the actions talked about in the excerpt were during Mr. Roosevelt's term as President of the United States (1901-1909). Once finished, write an essay giving your thoughts on: 1) How has the attitude toward preserving resources changed over the last 111 years

2) From what you see in this article, is it possible for one person to make a difference? Please EXPLAIN your answer!

“And, then, there is the great and statesmanlike movement for the conservation of our National resources, into which Roosevelt so energetically threw himself at a time when the Nation as a whole knew not that we are ruining and bankrupting ourselves as fast as we can. This is probably the greatest thing Roosevelt did, undoubtedly. This globe is the capital stock of the race. It is just so much coal and oil and gas. This may be economized or wasted. The same thing is true of phosphates and other mineral resources. Our water resources are immense, and we are only just beginning to use them. Our forests have been destroyed; they must be restored. Our soils are being depleted; they must be built up and conserved.

These questions are not of this day only or of this generation. They belong all to the future. Their consideration requires that high moral tone which regards the earth as the home of a posterity to whom we owe a sacred duty.

This immense idea Roosevelt, with high statesmanship, dinned into the ears of the Nation until the Nation heeded. He held it so high that it attracted the attention of the neighboring nations of the continent, and will so spread and intensify that we will soon see the world’s conferences devoted to it”

Excerpt From: Theodore Roosevelt - An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt

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