"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!"