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Harold J. Laski: It is easy to understand why the grim excesses of Puritanism produced the luxuriant license of the Restoration.

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It is easy to understand why the grim excesses of Puritanism produced the luxuriant license of the Restoration.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski draws a connection between the excesses of Puritanism and the subsequent cultural liberation during the Restoration.

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