Wikiquote:Quote of the day/December 19

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  "Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"

~ Charles Dickens ~
in
A Christmas Carol