“The condition of all who are engrossed is poor, but poorest is the condition of those who labour at engrossments that are not even their own, who regulate their sleep by that of another, their walk by the pace of another, who are under orders—loving and hating.”
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On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader
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