Louis Agassiz Fuertes Quote

The principal sensation one gets in the tropical forests is the mystery of the unknown voices. Many of these remain forever mysteries unless one stays long and seeks diligently.


Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1915, Impressions of the Voices of Tropical Birds (p. 313)


The principal sensation one gets in the tropical forests is the mystery of the unknown voices. Many of these remain forever mysteries unless one...

The principal sensation one gets in the tropical forests is the mystery of the unknown voices. Many of these remain forever mysteries unless one...

The principal sensation one gets in the tropical forests is the mystery of the unknown voices. Many of these remain forever mysteries unless one...

The principal sensation one gets in the tropical forests is the mystery of the unknown voices. Many of these remain forever mysteries unless one...