Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity. ✨ Cha…

Charles Dickens
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Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity. ✨ Charles Dickens (2017). A TALE OF TWO CITIES & BARNABY RUDGE (Historical Novels Set In the Time of Great Rebellions): The Riots of Eighty & French Revolution (Illustrated Classics with “The Life of Charles Dickens” & Criticism), p.563, e-artnow
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