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In common with other men, the business man is moved by
ideals of serviceability and an aspiration to make the way of
life easier for his fellows. Like other men, he has something of
the instinct of workmanship. No doubt such aspirations move the
great business man less urgently than many others, who are, on
that account, less successful in business affairs.
Thorstein Veblen (The Theory of Business Enterprise [1904]