It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged.
RACHEL CARSONI like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life – past, present, and future.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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The beauty of the living world I was trying to save has always been uppermost in my mind – that, and anger at the senseless, brutish things that were being done. . . . Now I can believe I have at least helped a little.
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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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The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea and sky and their amazing life.
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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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Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life.
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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.
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We still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven’t become mature enough to think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast and incredible universe.
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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
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One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew i would never see it again?
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There is no drop of water in the ocean, not even in the deepest parts of the abyss, that does not know and respond to the mysterious forces that create the tide.
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The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil.
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I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life – past, present, and future.
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It is not half so important to know as to feel.
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Our attitude towards plants is a singularly narrow one. If we see any immediate utility in a plant we foster it. If for any reason we find its presence undesirable or merely a matter of indifference, we may condemn it to destruction forthwith.
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Drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.
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