I will only observe, that that ethereal sense - sight, and touch, which is at the other extremity of the scale, have from time acquired a very remarkable additional power.
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Taste, which enables us to distinguish all that has a flavor from that which is insipid.
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The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.
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The sense of smell, like a faithful counsellor, foretells its character.
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The centuries last passed have also given the taste important extension; the discovery of sugar, and its different preparations, of alcoholic liquors, of wine, ices, vanilla, tea and coffee, have given us flavors hitherto unknown.
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