The buyers of useless things are wiser than is commonly supposed, they by little dreams. they become children in the act of acquition. When people with money succumb to the charms of those useless little objects, they possess them with the joy of a child gathering sea shells on the beach - the image that best expresses the child's happiness. He gathers shells on the beach! NO two are ever alike for a child. He falls asleep with the two prettiest one in his hand, and when they are lost or taken from him (A crime! They have made off with outward bits of his soul! They have stolen pieces of his dream), he weeps like a God robbed of a just-created universe.