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But men scarcely take pleasure at all in these things, at least

those whom we call destitute of self-control do not, but only in

the actual enjoyment which arises entirely from the sense of

Touch, whether in eating or in drinking, or in grosser lusts.

This accounts for the wish said to have been expressed once by a

great glutton, "that his throat had been formed longer than a

crane's neck," implying that his pleasure was derived from the

Touch.