If a man will allege to me, in opposition to this opinion, that those who are naturally deaf speak not, I answer that this is not only because they could not receive the instruction of speaking by ear, but rather because the sense of hearing, of which they are deprived, relates to that of speaking, and that these hold together by a natural and inseparable tie, in such manner that what we speak we must first speak to ourselves within, and make it sound in our own ears, before we can utter it to others.
Aipatzen bazait, uste honen aurka, jitezko sorgorrak ez direla mintzatzen, baderantzut ez dela soilik hitzaren irakaspena belarrietarik ez ukan ahal izateagatik, baina gehiago ere zeren entzumenaren zentzua, hartaz gabetuak baitira, baitagokio mintzamenari eta elkar atxikiak baitira joste natural batez: