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, I'm a Speech Language Pathologist with experience in pediatrics. The simple answer is that pacifiers provide oral stimulation much like a nipple, which is something infants crave since it is their method of feeding. Though there's more to it than just the physical sensation.
Prior to the invention of what are now know as pacifiers (which didn't make their debut until the 20th century) mothers used to stuff all sorts of things (honey, sugar, fat, alcohol, bones) into rags, tie them off and give them to their infants to suck on. (At least my baby wasn't sucking on brandy!).