Tuesday 2 June 2009

Speech

‘Speech,’ said Ben Jonson (paraphrasing, apparently, Vives) ‘is the only benefit man hath to express his excellency of mind above other creatures. It is the instrument of society.’ As if the flowers don’t shout hi! over here! to the bees! As if the bees don’t tell one another where the best flowers are to be found!

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