Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readi…

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel. ✨ Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). Autocrat Of The Breakfast Table, p.75, Reprint Services Corporation
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