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There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and
covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The
three senses: sight, hearing and smell cannot well be prevented;
touch and taste not at all. Smell is connected with taste in dogs
and other gluttonous animals.
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I reveal to men the origin of the first, or perhaps second cause of
their existence.
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Lust is the cause of generation.
Appetite is the support of life. Fear or timidity is the
prolongation of life and preservation of its instruments.
The laws of nutrition and the support of life (843-848).
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HOW THE BODY OF ANIMALS IS CONSTANTLY DYING AND BEING RENEWED.
The body of any thing whatever that takes nourishment constantly
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