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It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chi

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"It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and Irish tenements, or that any workshops could be worse than some of those I had seen in our foreign quarters"

- Alice Hamilton

Chicago Impossible

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This quote is written / told by Alice Hamilton between February 27, 1869 and September 22, 1970. He/she was a famous Scientist from USA. The author also have 10 other quotes.

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