What Rachel Carson thinks about America

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American marine biologist, writer and conservationist (1907 to 1964) whose sea trilogy and 1962 book Silent Spring are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement.

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1. c. 1962

   Our readingThis is an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make money at any cost is seldom challenged

   Their wordsIt is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged.

   ↗Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 2002 edition)books.google.com All 20 from this book

3. c. 1962

   Our readingSpraying campaigns like eastern Illinois's raise a moral question: can a civilization wage relentless war on life without destroying itself

   Their wordsIncidents like the eastern Illinois spraying raise a question that is not only scientific but moral. The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.

   ↗Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 2002 edition)books.google.com All 20 from this book