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The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance.

Rachel Carson

We still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven’t become mature enough to think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast and incredible universe.
RACHEL CARSON

Enough Human Nature Ourselves Talk
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.
RACHEL CARSON

Links Men Past
The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.
RACHEL CARSON

Civilization Destroy Life Lose Right War
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.
RACHEL CARSON

Knowing People Speaks Out
Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.
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Greatness Mystery Oneself
The beauty of the living world I was trying to save has always been uppermost in my mind – that, and anger at the senseless, brutish things that were being done. . . . Now I can believe I have at least helped a little.
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Beautiful Believe Live Mind Myself Save Try World
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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Choices Men Thinking
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.
RACHEL CARSON

Alive Children Discover Excitement Family Life Live Motivational Mystery World
Beginnings are apt to be shadowy.
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Beginning One Liner
To understand the living present, and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past.
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Live Past Philosophy Present Promise Remember Understand
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.
RACHEL CARSON

Believe Challenge Maturity Myself Nature Ourselves Thinking True
Drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.
RACHEL CARSON

Beautiful See Wonderful Yourself
A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.
RACHEL CARSON

Nature Perfection Rain Time
Only as a child’s awareness and reverence for the wholeness of life are developed can his humanity to his own kind reach its full development.
RACHEL CARSON

Children Development Humanity Kind Life Nature
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
RACHEL CARSON

Beautiful Endurance Life Nature Strength
It is not half so important to know as to feel.
RACHEL CARSON

Feeling Important

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