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Teddy Roosevelt: “If a man is injured or killed in any line of work, it was hazardous in his case.”

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If a man is injured or killed in any line of work, it was hazardous in his case.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt states that any work can be considered hazardous if it results in injury or death.

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