10 sentences from Silent Spring
“But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.”
“In nature nothing exists alone.”
“Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species — man — acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world. ”
“Why should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the noise of motors with just enough relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a world which is just not quite fatal?”
“It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged.”
“We are accustomed to look for the gross and immediate effects and to ignore all else. Unless this appears promptly and in such obvious form that it cannot be ignored, we deny the existence of hazard. ”
“The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.”
“The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster.”
“Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it.”
“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
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