Translations:Victor of Aveyron/45/en

Some modern physiologists have presumed, that sensibility is exact proportion to the degree of civilization. I doubt that a stronger proof can be given in favor of this opinion, than the small degree of sensibility in the sensorial organs, which was observable in the case of the Savage of Aveyron. We may be perfectly satisfied, merely by casting our eyes over the description that I have already exhibited, and which is founded on facts that I have derived from the most authentic sources. I shall add here, in connection with the same subject, some of my own most interesting and important observations.