Sure there is music even in the beauty, and the silent
note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an
instrument. For there is music wherever there is harmony,
order and proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music
of the spheres; for those well ordered motions, and regular
paces, though they give no sound unto the ear, yet to the
understanding they strike a note most full of harmony.
-- Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)
-- Religio Medici, Part ii, Sect. ix
