Quote #24

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.

More from Rachel Carson

  1. One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, 'What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?'
  2. 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 …
  3. 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 edg…
  4. The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man.
  5. No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves.
  6. The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him
  7. My companion and I were alone with the stars: the misty river of the Milky Way flowing across the sky, the patterns of the constellations s…
  8. The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery- not over nature but of ourselves.

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