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I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life - past, present, and future.

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Rachel Carson
Age: 56 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 27
Died: 1964
Died: April 14
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Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.
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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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To the bird watcher, the suburbanite who derives joy from birds in his garden, the hunter, the fisherman or the explorer of wild regions, anything that destroys the wildlife of an area for even a single year has deprived him of pleasure to which he has a legitimate right. This is a valid point of view.
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There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature.
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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.
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