
Ep 49 - A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
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The Virtue of Generosity Is Not Our Business
Marley's ghost reminds us that mankind is our business. said something to the effect of that's not my business and indeed we have all said it ourselves from time to time in different manners. Benjamin Franklin devised a scheme of virtues for himself he listed the virtues the habits the behaviors the mindset that he wanted to obtain for himself. He would put a black mark in his pocketbook to indicate where he had transgressed against the virtue but found as he cycled through over the years that the black marks were becoming less frequent and less prominent.
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