Jules Michelet Quote

The insect has not my languages. He neither speaks by voice nor physiognomy. In what manner then, does he express himself? He speaks by his energies.


Translated by W.D.H. Adams, The Insects, Chapter III (p. 155), T. Nelson & Sons. 1875


The insect has not my languages. He neither speaks by voice nor physiognomy. In what manner then, does he express himself? He speaks by his energies.

The insect has not my languages. He neither speaks by voice nor physiognomy. In what manner then, does he express himself? He speaks by his energies.

The insect has not my languages. He neither speaks by voice nor physiognomy. In what manner then, does he express himself? He speaks by his energies.

The insect has not my languages. He neither speaks by voice nor physiognomy. In what manner then, does he express himself? He speaks by his energies.