The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.
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Rachel Carson
American marine biologist born in 1907 whose Silent Spring exposed the ecological damage caused by pesticides. The book launched the modern environmental movement and led to the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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