[66]
For we can indicate our will not merely
by a gesture of the hands, but also with a nod from
the head: signs take the place of language in the
dumb, and the movements of the dance are frequently full of meaning, and appeal to the emotions
without any aid from words. The temper of the
mind can be inferred from the glance and gait,
[p. 281]
and even speechless animals show anger, joy, or the
desire to please by means of the eye and other
physical indications.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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