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If, having endured much, we have at last asserted out "right to know," and if by knowing, we have concluded that we are being asked to take senseless and frightening risks, then we should no longer accept the counsel of those who tell us that we must fill our world with poisonous chemicals; we should look about and see what other course is open to us.
If, having endured much, we have at last asserted out "right to know," and if by knowing, we have concluded that we are being asked to take senseless and frightening risks, then we should no longer accept the counsel of those who tell us that we must fill our world with poisonous chemicals; we should look about and see what other course is open to us.
Approximate author period: c. 1935 AD · modern
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- Rachel Carson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1935 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Rachel Carson: life dates 1907 to 1964. Wikidata Q100948, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100948 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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