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The protection of our forests from destruction, and their restora- 

 tion where already destroyed is as much a great national duty as 

 the protection of our boundaries from foreign invasion or of our sea- 

 port cities from the sea. 



Let us not spend for ships and forts all that we spend for national 

 defense. Let us provide for protection against the deadly encroach- 

 ments of the desert. A city ruined by bombardment could be far more 

 easily restored than a forest destroyed by fire. 



