Charles Darwin Quote

Who when examining in the cabinet of the entomologist the gay and exotic butterflies, and singular cicadas, will associate with these lifeless objects, the ceaseless harsh music of the latter, and the lazy flight of the former - the sure accompaniments of the still, glowing noonday of the tropics.

Journal and remarks, 1832-1836. By Charles Darwin. (Part of maps in pockets) (ed. 1839)