I came across this quote:
“The ambitions of people who never became very rich, who founded no dynasty or long-lasting company, and who lived in the middle and lower ranks of the business world, are difficult to write about, because they are seldom recorded. But the character of a society is greatly influenced by the form the ambitions of such men take, and by the extent to which they are satisfied or frustrated.” Theodore Zeldin, repeated in a book by Gay Talese, the master of writing about such men and women, people I love to read and write about.
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