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They are totally aware that their lives are missing that “something there” and they are searching for the thing that will fill the void. There is a greater force beyond wealth, fame, success, and love that people desire. Where does that disconnect lie between a man’s dreams and the realities of his life? James quotes Tolstoy in the phrase “that by which men live,” the force that drives their innermost longings and the idea that something greater is yet to be found. This is the true drive of a man’s life: to find that which gives him purpose and