40 ordspråk av Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson
It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.
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It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.
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It is the public that is being asked to assume the risks...
the public must decide whether it wishes to continue
on the present road and it can only do so
when in full possession of the facts..."
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It occurred to me that if this were a sight that could be seen only once in a century, this little headland would be thronged with spectators.
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Millions of stars blazed in darkness, and on the far shore a few lights burned in cottages. Otherwise there was no reminder of human life.
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My companion and I were alone with the stars: the misty river of the Milky Way flowing across the sky, the patterns of the constellations standing out bright and clear, a blazing planet low on the horizon.
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Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man
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No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves.
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One summer night, out on a flat headland, all but surrounded by the waters of the bay, the horizons were remote and distant rims on the edge of space.
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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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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.
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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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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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The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery - not over nature but of ourselves
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