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Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.

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
Organisation
Substitute
Substitutes
Initiative
Judgement
Never

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