Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Rachel Carson: To Stand At the Edge of the Sea


To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow 
of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over 
a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds 
that have swept up and down the surf lines of the 
continents for untold thousands of years, to see the running 
of the old eels and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge 
of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.
 
- Rachel Carson
 

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