I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life – past, present, and future.
RACHEL CARSONI like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life – past, present, and future.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Why would anyone believe it is possible to lay down such barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? They should not be called insecticides, but biocides.
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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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The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.
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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 not half so important to know as to feel.
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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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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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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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Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.
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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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In nature nothing exists alone.
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