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More from Rachel Carson

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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