Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective.
RACHEL CARSONIt 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.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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When we go down to the low-tide line, we enter a world that is as old as the earth itself – the primeval meeting place of the elements of earth and water, a place of compromise and conflit and eternal change.
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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 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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Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.
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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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The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.
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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 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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Science is part of the reality of living; it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience.
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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 years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil.
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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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It is not half so important to know as to feel.
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Our attitude towards plants is a singularly narrow one. If we see any immediate utility in a plant we foster it. If for any reason we find its presence undesirable or merely a matter of indifference, we may condemn it to destruction forthwith.
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The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.
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