The seventeenth century had, for the most part, been interested in theology and government; and its preoccupation, in both domains, with supernatural sanctions, made its conclusions unfitted for a period dominated by rationalism.
Laski discusses the seventeenth century's focus on theology and government, which limited its relevance in a rationalist era.
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Yet such defects must not blind us to the general rightness of their insight.
I cannot accept the position that government is always entitled to count on industrial peace, whatever its policy.
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