Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not… - Rachel Carson

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Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction.

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Rachel Louise Carson (27 May 1907 – 14 April 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose influential book Silent Spring (1962) and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. The impact of Carson's works are still felt today as our awareness of environmental contaminants continues to grow.

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Native Name: Rachel Louise Carson

Alternative Names: Rachel L. Carson

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It is more important to pave the way for the child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts he is not ready to assimilate.” — Rachel Carson, A sense of wonder

In our modern world nothing may be taken for granted-not even the spring songs that herald the return of the birds.

As Albert Schweitzer has said, “Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction. - Rachel Carson

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