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Half the world is on the wrong scent in the pursuit of happiness. They think it consists in having and getting, and in being served by others. It consists in giving and in serving others.
Half the world is on the wrong scent in the pursuit of happiness. They think it consists in having and getting, and in being served by others. It consists in giving and in serving others.
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- Henry Drummond
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- Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)
Complete signed selection 305; printed byline: Henry Drummond; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901
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