"But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself.

Business! cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
— Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, first published, December 19, 1843