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Woodrow Wilson: “No less regard ought to be paid to the human machine, which after all propels the machinery of the world and is the…”

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No less regard ought to be paid to the human machine, which after all propels the machinery of the world and is the great dynamic force that lies back of all industry and progress.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson draws a parallel between the maintenance of machinery and the care that should be given to workers, the true driving force of industry.

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