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"Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only / to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things. / And it is not by any means certain that a man's business is / the most important thing he has to do. " / -- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: An Apology for Idlers.
I. A CASUAL INTRODUCTION