We are not truly civilized if we concern ourselves only with the relation of man to man. What is important is the relation of man to all life.
RACHEL CARSONFor the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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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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A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.
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If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.
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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.
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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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The most alarming of all man’s assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials.
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In nature nothing exists alone.
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Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent. It is, in the deepest sense, a privilege as well as a duty to speak out to many thousands of people.
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The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance.
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It is not half so important to know as to feel.
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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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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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We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.
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Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the sea.
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Even in the vast and mysterious reaches of the sea we are brought back to the fundamental truth that nothing lives to itself.
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