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Sight and touch, being thus increased in capacity, might belong to some species far superior to man or rather the human species would be far different had all the senses been thus improved.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1755
Born: April 1
Died: 1826
Died: February 2
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