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The conditions are so utterly different on the Isthmus, as compared to here, that it is impossible to try to draw conclusions affecting the one from what is true about the other.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “The conditions are so utterly different on the Isthmus, as compared to here, that it is impossible to try to draw…”
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Roosevelt emphasizes the stark differences in labor conditions between the Isthmus and the U.S., arguing against direct comparisons.
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