[Gutenberg 23231] • Rich Enough / a tale of the times

[...] "Our desires grow proportionably to our increase of wealth, I believe," said Mrs. Draper. "When we began life, your brother said, if he was ever worth a hundred thousand dollars, he would retire from business; he now allows himself to be worth much more than that amount, and yet you perceive our homestead becomes too valuable for our own use, because it can be converted to money. All this, however, would be nothing, if I did not see this eager pursuit of gain robbing him of the pleasures of domestic life, of the recreation every father ought to allow himself to receive from the innocent conversation and sports of his children. He cannot spare time for travel-to become acquainted with the[...]."