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Summary Of David Roosevelt's Speech About Conservation

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In Roosevelt’s speech about conservation he talks about the most important things we need to work on as a country. Our progress has faltered and there is something we need to do about it. Roosevelt questions the morality of the country because of what he wants to do with the conservation. He thinks our country needs more patriotism because we haven’t been supporting our country like we should have been. For these reasons below, Roosevelt needed conservation to be considered and used. The progress of conserving natural resources has gone slowly. The reason for this is because we have not been considerate of our natural resources. I think that Roosevelt felt the need to write this speech because we have been so concerned with our needs we haven’t been thinking about our country’s needs. In paragraph 10 Teddy clearly states,”From the first beginnings of civilization, on the banks of the Nile and the Euphrates, the industrial progress of the world has gone on slowly, with occasional set-backs, but on the whole steadily, through tens of centuries to the present day.” I think that he is implying we need to work more on what we are using and being careful with it. …show more content…

In paragraph 3 Roosevelt says, “So vital is this question, that for the first time in our history the chief executive officers of the States separately, and of the States together forming the Nation, have met to consider it. It is the chief material question that confronts us, second only–and second always–to the great fundamental questions of morality.” This states that we need to start thinking about what we are doing with our natural resources. We need to start being more considerate of our country so that we won’t be left with

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