The materials of science are the materials of life itself.
Where these words come from
- 58% sureLots of sources credit Rachel Carson with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- Same 1952 National Book Award acceptance speech as above. Quoted verbatim by the same literary source; not independently confirmed on Wikiquote.
- National Book Award acceptance speech
- 1952 · New York City · National Book Award for Nonfiction acceptance speech, for The Sea Around Us
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