Which of the following quotes best explains why Carson chose the title "Silent Spring" for her book?
"On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of robins, catbirds, doves,
Ojays, wrens, and scores of other bird voices there was now no sound; only silence layover the
fields and woods and marsh."
"Along the roads, laurel, viburnum, and alder, great ferns and wildflowers delighted the
traveler's eye through much of the year."
"So it had been from the days many years ago when the first settlers raised their houses,
sank their wells, and built their barns."
"Then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to change. Some evil spell
Ohad settled on the community: mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle
and sheep sickened and died."