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The best of wages will not compensate for excessively long working hours which undermine heath.

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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
Wages
Unions
Labor
Working
Hours
Heath
Best
Excessively
Long
Compensate
Undermine

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