Real sense is mental and not material. If it were not so all men would see alike, hear alike, smell the same smell, taste the same taste, and all have the same sense of touch. In fact, the so-called physical senses are not physical at all. It, is mind or thought that is reflected back from an object, clothing it with its own conception, high or low, grand or degraded.
SEEING.
One sees in mountain, valley, plain beauteous pictures enhance; another notes a cheerless mass, a lonesome spot, a drear expanse.
HEARING.
One hears the busy hum of life as rhythms full of gladness; another hears discordant din that almost drives to madness.
SMELLING.
One sniffs an aromatic air and calls the fragrance sweet; another smells the odor bad and makes a quick retreat.
TASTING.
One smacks his lips with gusto and enjoys a toothsome paste; another sickens at the thought of its unsavory taste.
FEELING.
One feels a glowing, tingling touch and cheer from frosty air; another shivers, chilled, benumbed with cold he scarce can bear.—Cedar Rapids Commercial.
