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But its careful periods and strangely far-off air lack the eagerness for truth which Rousseau put into his questions.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgBut its careful periods and strangely far-off air lack the eagerness for truth which Rousseau put into his questions.
Laski critiques the lack of truth-seeking in the writing style of a contemporary author compared to Rousseau.
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