Harold J. Laski: “The conditions of change lay implicit in the Industrial Revolution…”

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The conditions of change lay implicit in the Industrial Revolution, when a new class of men attained control of the nation's economic power.

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Harold J. Laski

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This quote connects the Industrial Revolution to the emergence of a new economic class that reshaped political dynamics.

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