The people who take society as an escape from work are putting it to its proper use — but when it becomes the thing worked for it distorts all the relations of life.
The people who take society as an escape from work are putting it to its proper use — but when it becomes the thing worked for it distorts all the relations of life.
The people who take society as an escape from work are putting it to its proper use — but when it becomes the thing worked for it distorts all the relations of life.
The people who take society as an escape from work are putting it to its proper use — but when it becomes the thing worked for it distorts all the relations of life.
The people who take society as an escape from work are putting it to its proper use — but when it becomes the thing worked for it distorts all the relations of life.
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The people who take society as an escape from work are putting it to its proper use

— but when it becomes the thing worked for it distorts all the relations of life.
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