But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.
RACHEL CARSONFor all at last return to the sea- to Oceanus, the ocean river, like the ever-flowing stream of time, the beginning and the end.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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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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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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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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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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To understand the living present, and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past.
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The Choice, after all, is ours to make.
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We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.
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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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I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life – past, present, and future.
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We are not truly civilized if we concern ourselves only with the relation of man to man. What is important is the relation of man to all life.
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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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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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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.
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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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