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Yet Locke's own weapons were being turned against him and what was permanent in his work was being cast into the new form required by the time.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgYet Locke's own weapons were being turned against him and what was permanent in his work was being cast into the new form required by the time.
Laski discusses the evolution of Locke's ideas in response to changing times.
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