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manifestations of one and the same fundamental 

 condition. Sound is another ; odour another. Our 

 five senses, in fact, appear to deal with the self- 

 same set of fundamental truths and to translate 

 them differently : possibly upon the principle that 

 variety is charming and is much more likely to 

 arouse our complete inquisitiveness, ending ulti- 

 mately in our thorough appreciation, than would 

 these vital truths if brought to our notice in just 

 a single form. There are people to whom odours 

 represent colours ; there are others to whom 

 Wagnerian music is largely coloured by scarlet 

 and all other reds, and to whom the note of the 

 blackbird is magenta and purple, and that of the 

 greenfinch yellow. There is, too, a case recorded 

 by the late Professor Lombroso, where a girl 

 could see things with the tip of her nose ; Miss 

 Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and dumb, can feel 

 if a person is dark or fair ; and it is said that 

 recently in Germany there was a man who, having 

 undergone an operation upon his head, was, after 

 recovery, obliged to seek the peace and comfort 

 of a dark cellar on fine days, because he could 

 hear the sun shining. Without staking the sound- 

 ness of my argument upon this last quotation, there 

 would seem enough evidence in the world to assure 



