The writer of "The Instinct that Makes People Rich" interprets the Midas myth as the story of a man who could not fail.
Chesterton, however, says that Midas DID fail. He starved because he could not eat gold.
Chesterton says that success always comes at the sacrifice of something else, something "domestic." (By this he means that, yes, a millionaire has money but will lack something else, like love or friendship, etc.) He says that people who think Midas succeeded are just like the author of the article -- both worship money.
Chesterton says that worshipping money has nothing to do with success and everything to do with snobbery.
Her lachrymose demeanor was understandable given the loss of her brother; indeed, most of us were rather dolorous.
The words lachrymose and dolorous are adjectives that are used to show sorrow or a somber mood. lachrymose means tearful while dolorous means expressing great sorrow. In this instance, we can see that the people in this sentence were grieving the loss of someone. Her brother had died and it was a sign of sadness. She could not show happiness as she had shown before considering her loved one had passed on. We can also see that the rest of the people were also not in a happy mood and were also grieving.
The sixth-grade students liked volunteering their time to read to the elderly people in the hospital. It made the volunteers happy. This is the most accurate.
I’ll do it when I figure who this Linda is first and what in the world her and her family did lol