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.
RACHEL CARSONLike the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life – past, present, and future.
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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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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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We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.
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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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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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Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective.
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Nature reserves some of her choice rewards for days when her mood may appear to be somber.
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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 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.
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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 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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Drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.
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It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose, should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist: the threat is rather to life itself.
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A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.
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