We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties. (Anna C. Brackett)

We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties.

Anna C. Brackett

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