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Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson (1907-1964) was a US naturalist and writer. She is famous for nonfiction works The Sea Around Us, about the danger of marine pollution, and Silent Spring, about the danger of pesticides. Her works were largely responsible for increasing concern about pollution and resulting legislation controlling it.

Wisdom & Quotes

  • The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man.
- Silent Spring
  • For all at last returns to the sea.
- The Sea Around Us

Walter Reuther

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