“The sense of smell, which seems to diminish as we grow older, until it becomes something scarcely worthy of being called a sense, is nearly as keen in little children as in the inferior animals, and, when they live with nature, contributes as much to their pleasure as sight or hearing.” ChildhoodSmellSenses Book:Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life Source: Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life