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The process was very gradual; and the attempt of George III to arrest it produced the splendid effort of Edmund Burke.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “The process was very gradual; and the attempt of George III to arrest it produced the splendid effort of Edmund Burke.”
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Laski describes the gradual political changes during the eighteenth century and Burke's response to George III's attempts to halt them.
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