> "But you were always a good man of business, Jacob," faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. > "Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its ha

> "But you were always a good man of business, Jacob," faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. > "Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!" -- A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens