elephants & E.coli

[Eric C. Kofoid]

Can someone help me with the famous Monod quote, the gist of which is 
that there is very little difference between and elephant and E.coli at 
the molecular level? I need the original French, a good English 
translation and the reference.

Cheers,

Eric
--------------------------------------- Eric Kofoid
     "When the wind blows,            | Dept. Biology, U. of Utah
          even turkeys can fly"       | SLC, UT 84112
                                      | kofoid at biology.utah.edu