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Harold J. Laski: Even his theory of toleration had in every detail been anticipated by one or other of a hundred controversialists; and…

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Even his theory of toleration had in every detail been anticipated by one or other of a hundred controversialists; and his argument can hardly claim either the lofty eloquence of Jeremy Taylor or the cogent simplicity of William Penn.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski critiques Locke's theory of toleration, suggesting it was not original but rather a culmination of earlier thoughts.

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