The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him.
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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.Rachel Louise Carson
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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Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of bird song.
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The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man.
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Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the Earth are never alone or weary of life.
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