For all at last return to the sea- to Oceanus, the ocean river, like the ever-flowing stream of time, the beginning and the end.
RACHEL CARSONConservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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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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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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In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.
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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
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A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.
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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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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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A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.
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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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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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A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.
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To understand the living present, and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past.
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The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.
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Now I truly believe that we in this generation must come to terms with nature, and I think we’re challenged, as mankind has never been challenged before, to prove our maturity and our mastery, not of nature but of ourselves.
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We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.
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