"I am, Sir Oracle,
And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark."
Merchant of Venice.
PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE.
MEDITATION FIRST.
THE SENSES.
The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects.
NUMBER OF THE SENSES.
1. They are at least six—
Sight, which embraces space, and tells us by means of light, of the existence and of the colors of the bodies around us.