Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective.
RACHEL CARSONThe control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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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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The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster.
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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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I am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done.
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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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Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.
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Drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.
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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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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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The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea and sky and their amazing life.
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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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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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Beginnings are apt to be shadowy.
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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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