Excerpt from The Five Senses, or Gateways to Knowledge The ivory palace of the skull, which is the central abode of the soul, although it dwells in the whole body, Opens to the outer world four gateways, by which its influences may enter; and a fifth, Whose alleys are in numerable, unfolds its thousand doors on the surface of every limb. These gateways, which we otherwise name the Organs of the Senses and call in our mother Speech, the Eye, the Ear, the Nose, the Mouth, and the Skin - are instruments by which we see. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.