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He has no sympathy with the state of nature; the noble savage, on investigation, turns out to be a barbaric creature with a club and scalping knife.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “He has no sympathy with the state of nature; the noble savage, on investigation, turns out to be a barbaric creature…”
Editor's note · Context
Laski dismisses the romantic notion of the 'noble savage' as a myth, revealing a more brutal reality.
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