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Only yesterday mankind lived in fear of the scourges of smallpox, cholera and plague that once swept nations before them. Now our major concern is no longer with the disease organisms that once were omnipresent; sanitation, better living conditions, and new drugs have given us a high degree of control over infectious disease. Today we are concerned with a different kind of hazard that lurks in our environment-a hazard we ourselves have introduced into our world as our modern way of life has evolved.

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Beginnings are apt to be shadowy.

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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…

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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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In nature nothing exists alone.

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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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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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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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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

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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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