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Theodore Parker

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.

Theodore Parker

Business

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Theodore Parker is saying that when a man focuses so much on just one thing, like business, he loses the qualities that make him fully human. The intense and overwhelming demands of business can drain a person’s spirit and identity.

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