Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the… — Louis Brandeis · Skopia

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Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.

1913

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Brandeis, Louis. "What Publicity Can Do." Harper's Weekly, 20 Dec. 1913.

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