I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life – past, present, and future.
RACHEL CARSONThere is one quality that characterizes all of us who deal with the sciences of the earth and its life – we are never bored.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility.
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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 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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I am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done.
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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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The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography or history or fiction. It seems to me, then, that there can be no separate literature of science.
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We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.
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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.
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Autumn comes to the sea with a fresh blaze of phosphorescence, when every wave crest is aflame. Here and there the whole surface may glow with sheets of cold fire, while below schools of fish pour through the water like molten metal.
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When we go down to the low-tide line, we enter a world that is as old as the earth itself – the primeval meeting place of the elements of earth and water, a place of compromise and conflit and eternal change.
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Beginnings are apt to be shadowy.
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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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A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.
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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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