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"But you were always a good man of business,
Jacob," faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply
this to himself.
"Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its
hands again." Mankind was my business. The
common welfare was my business; charity, mercy,
forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.
The dealings of my trade were but a drop of
water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol_(Dickens,_1843)/Stave_1
Jacob," faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply
this to himself.
"Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its
hands again." Mankind was my business. The
common welfare was my business; charity, mercy,
forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.
The dealings of my trade were but a drop of
water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol_(Dickens,_1843)/Stave_1