William Kirby (entomologist) Quote
In the minds of most men... an Entomologist is synonymous with everything futile and childish. [Involved in a] science which, in nine companies out of ten companies with which he may associate, promises to signalise him as an object of pity or contempt.
An Introduction to Entomology; or, Elements of the Natural History of - Insects, Preface to the First Edition (p. ix)
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