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Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants electric light the most efficient policeman.
Louis D. Brandeis
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Louis D. Brandeis
Age: 84 †
Born: 1856
Born: November 13
Died: 1941
Died: October 5
Judge
Lawyer
Louisville
Kentucky
Louis Dembitz Brandeis
Best
Industrial
Sunlight
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Electric
Policeman
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Justly
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Social
Diseases
Light
Publicity
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