| RACHEL CARSON |
| �For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.� [Silent Spring]
�It dawned on me that by becoming a biologist, I had given myself something to write about.� �No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves.� �Those who dwell�among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.� [The Sense of Wonder] |
| author & environmentalist |