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Classification of the Sci.
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and there are instincts which do not obviously and decisively contribute to either end, such as that of play and that of collecting possessions. It will be best, then, to form a list of the kinds of things and experiences which naturally seem good to men irrespective of any ulterior reason, and to take as the first group of sciences inquiries into the best way of gaining these enjoyments. Let the following be taken as the list of instincts. It will be seen that they are not unrelated but that certain ones have more tendency to mingle than others.

1. The instinct for food and drink, with those accompaniments that promote digestion. Doubtless man, like other animals, has some instinctive knowledge of what is good to eat and drink. Babies certainly have. Thus, thi sinstinct mingles with the hygienic and therapeutic instinct. Nothing so much promotes appetites and digestion as good company and an elegant table, and thus this

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