Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And o…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And one principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity of objects and pursuits.
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