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Diet.
WE
perceive
all
the
impressions
that are
caused
by
our
surroundings
through
the
medium
of
our
senses;
we
enjoy
nature
and
its
products
by
these
senses
and
only
by
these,
each
of
them
being
equally
valuable.
"
It
is
to
be
especially
noted,
first,
that
each
nerve
of
sense
is
only
capable
of
performing
the
function
de-
signed
for
it.
The
nerve
of
sight
does
not
enable
us
to
hear,
and
the
nerve
of
smell
only
enables
us
to
appre-
ciate
odors;
second,
cultivation
of
the
senses,
especially
if
begun
in
early
life,
will
develop
their
usefulness;
it
is
true
that
such
training
may
be
carried
to
the
extent
of
making
them
a
source
of misery.
Certain
persons
are
painfully
conscious
of
the
slightest
discord;
others
al-
most
instantaneously
detect,
with
a
feeling
of
disgust,
the
inharmonious
blending
of
tints
which,
to
the
aver-
age
person,
is
a
harmonious
one;
others,
still,
are
made
uncomfortable
by
an
odor
which
is
perceptible
to
none
but
themselves.
"
Cultivation
furnishes
the
accurate
hearing
of
the
educated
musician,
the
keen
eyesight
of
the
reliable
pilot,
engineer,
and
expert
microscopist,
and
the
ac-
curate
touch
of
the
blind."
If,
now,
the
senses
of
sight,
touch,
and
hearing
may
be
trained
to
the
blessing
of
mankind,
why
should not
the
same
be
done
with
the
senses
of
taste
and
smell
?