Note 18 — FREDERIC THE GREAT’S EULOGY ON JULIEN OFFRAY DE LA METTRIE.
Gertrude Carman Bussey translation
Furthermore, we catch everything from those with whom we come in contact; their gestures, their accent, etc.; just as the eyelid is instinctively lowered when a blow is foreseen, or as (for the same reason) the body of the spectator mechanically imitates, in spite of himself, all the motions of a good mimic.18