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[00:01.46]Lesson 59
[00:03.81]Collecting
[00:11.44]What in particular does a person gain when he or she becomes a serious collector?
[00:20.29]People tend to amass possessions, sometimes without being aware of doing so.
[00:26.32]Indeed they can have a delightful surprise when they find something useful which they did not know they owned.
[00:33.77]Those who never have to move house become indiscriminate collectors of what can only be described as clutter.
[00:41.36]They leave unwanted objects in drawers, cupboards and attics for years, in the belief that they may one day need just those very things.
[00:51.17]As they grow old, people also accumulate belongings for two other reasons,
[00:56.89]lack of physical and mental energy, both of which are essential in turning out and throwing away, and sentiment.
[01:06.26]Things owned for a long time are full of associations with the past,
[01:11.00]perhaps with relatives who are dead, and so they gradually acquire a value beyond their true worth.
[01:18.51]Some things are collected deliberately in the home in an attempt to avoid waste.
[01:23.52]Among these I would list string and brown paper,
[01:27.19]kept by thrifty people when a parcel has been opened, to save buying these two requisites.
[01:33.82]Collecting small items can easily become a mania.