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Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind, the aggregate nature of man more continuously, and more deeply.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind, the aggregate nature of man more…”
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Bagehot argues that engaging in business can be more fulfilling than pleasure, as it engages the mind more deeply.
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