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Charles Dickens

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.

Charles Dickens

Men

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Charles Dickens is saying that many men lose their sense of being whole people when it comes to their work and its ethics, acting more like parts of a larger system than independent beings. Instead of making decisions based on their own values, they follow the rules and actions dictated by their business roles.

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