Science is part of the reality of living; it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience.
RACHEL CARSONThose who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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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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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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As crude a weapon as a cave man’s club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life.
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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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In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.
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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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It is not half so important to know as to feel.
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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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The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography or history or fiction. It seems to me, then, that there can be no separate literature of science.
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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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Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.
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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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I am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done.
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The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil.
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