The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.
RACHEL CARSONHave we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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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 years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil.
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There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature.
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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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I am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done.
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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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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.
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Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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In nature nothing exists alone.
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Those who love and free nature are never alone.
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The Choice, after all, is ours to make.
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The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.
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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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Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the sea.
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Science is part of the reality of living; it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience.
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