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There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature.
Rachel Carson
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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
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Rachel Carson House
Rachel Louise Carson
Rachel L. Carson
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This is an era of specialists, each of whom sees his own problem and is unaware of or intolerant of the larger frame into which it fits.
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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
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Unless we have courage to recognize cruelty for what it is - whether its victim is human or animal - we cannot expect things to be much better in the world.
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