Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.
RACHEL CARSONConservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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Always the edge of the sea remains an elusive and indefinable boundary. The shore has a dual nature, changing with the swing of the tides, belonging now to the land, now to the sea.
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I sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to ‘know’ as to ‘feel’.
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By suggestion and example, I believe children can be helped to hear the many voices about them. Take Time to listen and talk about the voices of the earth and what they mean-the majestic voice of thunder, the winds, the sound of surf or flowing streams.
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Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished.
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It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray.
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Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species — man — acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world.
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Why would anyone believe it is possible to lay down such barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? They should not be called insecticides, but biocides.
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The real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth – soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife.
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Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction.
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There is one quality that characterizes all of us who deal with the sciences of the earth and its life – we are never bored.
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It is not half so important to know as to feel.
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To understand the living present, and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past.
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Nature reserves some of her choice rewards for days when her mood may appear to be somber.
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In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference.
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As crude a weapon as a cave man’s club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life.
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