There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings Then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to change There was a strange stillness The few birds seen anywhere were moribund; they trembled violently and could not fly. It was a spring without voices. On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of scores of bird voices there was now no sound; only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh.
Beginnings are apt to be shadowy. - Rachel Carson
Beginnings are apt to be shadowy.
- Rachel Carson
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… - Rachel Carson
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…
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… - Rachel Carson
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…
But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself. - Rachel Carson
But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.
The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves. - Rachel Carson
The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.
In nature nothing exists alone. - Rachel Carson
In nature nothing exists alone.
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? - Rachel Carson
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?
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. - Rachel Carson
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished. - Rachel Carson
Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished.
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