I wanted to make my own mark.
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Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world.Rachel Carson
Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the sea.
Rachel Carson
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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For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that we use it so little.
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 joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.
Rachel Carson
Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.
Rachel Carson
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