As crude a weapon as the cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life - a fabric on the one hand delicate and destructible, on the other miraculously tough and resilient, and capable of striking back in unexpected ways. These extraordinary capacities of life have been ignored by the practitioners of chemical control who have brought to their task no "high-minded orientation, " no humility before the vast forces with which they tamper. Rachel Carson
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The chemical weapons and biological weapons we use today, such as poisonous gas and deadly germs, can kill us and cause diseases. But there are many things that we use that do not hurt us at all. For example, fire is a chemical weapon; but it is also useful for cooking food and keeping our houses warm. Electricity is a chemical weapon as well; but it is also useful for lighting our homes and running our computers.

The point of this quote is that we should not fear these weapons or be afraid of them even if they can hurt us. We should learn what they do and how to use them for good, and we can learn to protect ourselves from harm so we do not need to worry about the harmful effects of the weapons.

Source: Silent Spring

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