Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the sea.
RACHEL CARSONAutumn 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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Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.
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In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference.
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Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.
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For 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.
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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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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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But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.
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Nowhere on the shore is the relation of a creature to its surroundings a matter of a single cause and effect; each living thing is bound to its world by many threads, weaving the intricate design of the fabric of life.
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The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him.
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We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.
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A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.
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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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It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged.
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The shore is an ancient world, for as long as there has been an earth and sea there has been this place of the meeting of land and water.
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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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