[PW] Rachel Carson quotation question

[Adrian Smith]

This may help?

"A new edition of the title originally published in 1965, which
describes the author's walks with her nephew through the woods and along
the coast of Maine. The text aims to endow children with a sense of
wonder at the natural world, and to remind adults of the beauty of their
environment."

The Sense of Wonder (Hardcover)
by Rachel Carson (Author), Nick Kelsh (Illustrator) 

# HarperCollins; New Ed edition (4 Mar 1999)

# ISBN-10: 006757520X
# ISBN-13: 978-0067575208

I don't have access to any edition, so cannot verify the quote(s)

Adrian Smith
Leeds UK

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Michael VanHouten
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Subject: [PW] Rachel Carson quotation question


Hi everyone -
 
I am trying to verify a Rachel Carson quotation for a faculty
member...there seem to be two versions, and I haven't been able to find
an authoritative source.
 
Version 1 - "It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again
to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder
and humility."

Version 2 - "It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again
to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense
of wonder and humility."
 
I've checked the standard quotation dictionaries to find that this
quotation is not included in any of them. I've also checked Google Books
and NetLibrary, and have found both versions of the quote, never with an
attribution to an original source.
 
Can anyone help me confirm which version is correct?
 
Thanks!
 
Mike Van Houten
Albion College
 

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