CHAPTER I.
APPETITE.
The Puritanical theory that all pleasures were evil in character, has probably done much to assist the human race towards the "mire" of physical degeneracy. There is no natural pleasure, or natural appetite, or natural desire that was not created for a particular health-giving purpose, the following of which will add strength to the body; and the sin, the evil, lies not in commission but in omission. Cultivate Nature, natural appetites, natural desires; develop that delicacy of intuition which will enable you to interpret and follow their dictates as nearly as it lies in your power, and you will be a stronger and nobler specimen of manhood or womanhood because of this.
"Taste has been considered the lowest, in usefulness, of all the senses. On the contrary, if properly understood, taste is the most important of all the faculties man possesses. Upon
