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By putting business before every other manifestation of life, our mechanical and financial civilization has forgotten the chief business of life: namely, growth, reproduction, development. it pays infinite attention to the incubator-and it forgets the egg!
-Lewis Mumford
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By Putting Business Before Every Other Manifestation

Lewis Mumford
By putting business before every other manifestation of life, our mechanical and financial civilization has forgotten the chief business of life: namely, growth, reproduction, development. it pays infinite attention to the incubator-and it forgets the egg!
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