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The last is genesiac or physical love, which attracts the sexes to each other, and the object of which is the reproduction of the species.
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The genesiac sense, to all which prepares or embellishes the reunion of senses, and, subsequently to the days of Francois I., to romantic love, to coquetry, which originated in France and obtained its name there, and from which the elite of the world, collected in the capital of the universe, take their lessons every day.
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Thus touch rectifies the errors of sight; sound, by means of articulate speech, becomes the interpreter of every sentiment; taste is aided by sight and smell; hearing compares sounds, appreciates distance; and the genesiac sense takes possession of the organs of all the senses.
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We said above, that the genesiac sense took possession of the organs of all the others; the influence it has exerted over all sciences is not less.
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From this observation I made ten years ago, and others I could easily recall, I have been led to think that the genesiac sense is moved by fish – eating, and that it is rather irritating than plethoric and substantial.
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Let us then assign to the genesiac the sensual place which cannot be refused to it, and let us leave to posterity the assignment of its peculiar rank.
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Unanimous observation leads us to think that it has great influence on the genesiac sense, and awakens the instinct of reproduction in the two sexes.
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I sought the reason of this preference; it seemed to me that many other substances had an equal right to the honor, and I became satisfied that the cause was that the truffle was supposed to excite the genesiac sense.
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The worship of the genesiac principle is as often characterized by an excessive austerity as by indulgence in sexual acts.
American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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The Christian dispensation is teleological, palingenesiac, and the whole order, prior to the Incarnation, was initial, genesiac, and continued by natural generation, as it is still in all nations and tribes outside of
The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny Orestes Augustus Brownson 1839
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