Question

From "The Tyranny of Things" by Elizabeth Morris

Answer 1

Blank 1: Such things as we cannot give away, and have not the courage to destroy, we stack in the garret.

Then, as we breathe more freely in the clear space that we have made for ourselves, we grow aware that we must not relax our vigilance.

Blank 2: I suppose we all go through a phase when we like things best; and not only like them, but want to possess them under our hand. The passion for accumulation is upon us. We make "collections," we fill our rooms, our walls, our tables, our desks, with things, things, things.