Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson
Rachel Louise Carsonwas an American marine biologist and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement...
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth27 May 1907
CitySpringdale, PA
guide man philosophy seems spray
Under the philosophy that now seems to guide our destinies, nothing must get in the way of the man with the spray gun.
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To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feelthe breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of year, to see the running of the old eels and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.
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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find resources of strength that will endure as long as life lasts
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But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.
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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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Drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.
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Why should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the noise of motors with just enough relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a world which is just not quite fatal?
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If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantments of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength.
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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 human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.
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There is one quality that characterizes all of us who deal with the sciences of the earth and its life - we are never bored.
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A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.
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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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We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.