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And when the first gusts of war and revolution had passed, the cause for which they stood was found to have permeated all classes save that which had all to lose by learning.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “And when the first gusts of war and revolution had passed, the cause for which they stood was found to have permeated…”
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Laski observes that the revolutionary cause eventually resonated across social classes, except among those with the most to lose.
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