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The best of wages will not compensate for excessively long working hours which undermine heath.
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
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Excessively
Long
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Wages
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Labor
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Hours
Heath
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