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But most of all I shall remember the monarchs, that unhurried westward drift of one small winged form after another, each drawn by some invisible force.

Rachel Carson

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.
RACHEL CARSON

Attention Destruction Focus Ourselves Taste
For mankind as a whole, a possession infinitely more valuable than individual life is our genetic heritage, our link with past and future… Yet genetic deterioration through man-made agents is the menace of our time.
RACHEL CARSON

Links Men Past
We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.
RACHEL CARSON

Heart Life Peace
The real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth – soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife.
RACHEL CARSON

Nation Nature Reality World
But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.
RACHEL CARSON

Deep Himself Inspirational Man Motivational War
If there is poetry in my book about the sea, it is not because I deliberately put it there, but because no one could write truthfully about the sea and leave out the poetry.
RACHEL CARSON

Book Leaving Poetry Sea Truth Writing
The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.
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Beautiful Place Sea Strange
The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.
RACHEL CARSON

Character Future Human Nature Ourselves Race
It is not half so important to know as to feel.
RACHEL CARSON

Feeling Important
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.
RACHEL CARSON

Change Men Nature
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?
RACHEL CARSON

Change Gratitude Motivational Myself See
Drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.
RACHEL CARSON

Beautiful See Wonderful Yourself
A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.
RACHEL CARSON

Nature Perfection Rain Time
Even in the vast and mysterious reaches of the sea we are brought back to the fundamental truth that nothing lives to itself.
RACHEL CARSON

Environment Live Mystery Science Sea
Nature reserves some of her choice rewards for days when her mood may appear to be somber.
RACHEL CARSON

Appearance Choice Herself Nature Reward
Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.
RACHEL CARSON

Future Myself Peace Silence

But most of all I shall remember the monarchs, that unhurried westward drift of one small winged form after another, each drawn by some invisible force.

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But most of all I shall remember the monarchs, that unhurried westward drift of one small winged form after another, each drawn by some invisible force.

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