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When any living thing has come to the end of its cycle, we accept that end as natural. When that intangible cycle has run its course it is a natural and not unhappy thing that a life comes to its end.

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Rachel Carson
Age: 56 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 27
Died: 1964
Died: April 14
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Conservationist
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Marine Biologist
Non-Fiction Writer
Zoologist
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Rachel Louise Carson
Rachel L. Carson
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