PERFUMES OR ODOURS OF ANIMALS 
him, and even they, perhaps, like their fellows who rolled 
in the muck, only wanted to perfume their jackets — there 
is no accounting for taste. That we should seek some 
powerful perfume, and that the extensive use of scents 
should be almost universal, is not a matter of surprise, 
because, imperfect as our nasal organs may be, to those 
whose habits of cleanliness are as part of their existence, 
when mixing with a crowd of their own species who 
neglect or seem to prefer remaining unwashed, the almost 
painful sensation and consciousness of filth is intolerable, 
and the highly-sensitive person cannot help feeling de- 
graded at being compelled to remain in an atmosphere 
that almost stifles and chokes him. 
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