Can anyone believe it is possible to lay down such a barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life?
Rachel Carson – Silent Spring
Barrage of Poisons
B
Infinite Healing
I
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature…
Rachel Carson – Silent Spring
Human Challenge
H
The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery – not over nature but of ourselves.
Rachel Carson – Silent Spring
Conservation Cause
C
Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished.
Rachel Carson – Silent Spring
Obligation to Endure
O
The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.
Rachel Carson – Silent Spring
Fateful Power
F
Man’s attitude toward nature is today critically important simply because we have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature.
Rachel Carson – Silent Spring
Unchecked Chemical Use
U
We have allowed these chemicals to be used with little or no advance investigation of their effect on soil, water, wildlife, and man himself.
Rachel Carson – Silent Spring
Integrity of Nature
I
Future generations are unlikely to condone our lack of prudent concern for the integrity of the natural world that supports all life.
Rachel Carson – Silent Spring
Balance of Nature
B
The balance of nature is not a status quo; it is fluid, ever shifting, in a constant state of adjustment.
Rachel Carson – Silent Spring
Unified Theory
U
Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations.
Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time