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Orison Swett Marden:Pushing to the Front, Excerpt 364

Orison Swett Marden《Pushing to the Front》· Pushing to the Front · Leadership

In choosing an occupation, cleanliness, pure air, sunlight, and freedom from corroding dust and poisonous gases are of the greatest importance. A man who would sell a year of his life for any amount of money would be considered insane, and yet we deliberately choose occupations and vocations which statistics and physicians tell us will be practically sure to cut off from five to twenty-five, thirty, or even forty years of our lives, and are seemingly perfectly indifferent to our fate.

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Locator:Excerpt 364 · Verified:2026-10-19 · Verification:Short excerpt

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