"There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that what we call extreme self-seeking is actually self-renunciation. The miser, health addict, glory chaser and their like are not far behind the selfless in the exercise of self-sacrifice."
Eric Hoffer

January 1, 1970

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Ch. 5: "The Readiness to Work"

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