ON THE MANUSCRIPTS OF GOD 



to produce more complex effects. The fra- 

 grance of all kinds of fruits, and of some 

 vegetables, like celery and cucumbers, stim- 

 ulates not only the fancy but the appetite 

 as well. In other words, nature offers the 

 nostrils an etherealized sample of her gift 

 before she offers a bite. For what is an odor 

 but a sublimated mist of its source, and hence 

 a true sister of the cloud which is sublimated 

 and illuminated water? 



One perceives a nice fitness, too, in na- 

 ture's custom of first offering the aromatic 

 shadow to the finer sense before offering the 

 substance to its cruder fellow. Almost it 

 looks a hint, also, that the recipient should 

 likewise offer up some incense of gratitude. 

 So it may happen, as I think it often does, 

 that a pleasant odor stimulates centers far 

 removed from those that are purely gusta- 

 tory. We can thus understand that for some 

 people a swinging censer may do what an 

 organ prelude does for others. 



Notable among odors producing complex 

 stimuli are those given out by oranges, 

 apples, parched corn, strawberries, rasp- 



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