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Woodrow Wilson: An employee whose industrial life is hedged about by hard and unjust conditions, which he did not create and over which…

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An employee whose industrial life is hedged about by hard and unjust conditions, which he did not create and over which he has no control, lacks that fine spirit of enthusiasm and volunteer effort which are the necessary ingredients of a great producing entity.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson describes how unjust working conditions diminish workers' enthusiasm and effort.

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