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QUOTATION:The “control of nature” is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man.
ATTRIBUTION:Rachel Carson (1907–1964), U.S. marine biologist, author. The Silent Spring, ch. 17 (1962).
 
 
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