It Is A Curious Situation That The Sea, From Which Life First Arose Should Now Be Threatened By The Activities Of One Form Of That Life. But The Sea, Though Changed In A Sinister Way, Will Continue To Exist; The Threat Is Rather To Life Itself. - SearchQuotes

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It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist; the threat is rather to life itself.

Rachel Carson

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