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He did not inquire by what right a handful of men were to be hereditary governors of a whole people.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “He did not inquire by what right a handful of men were to be hereditary governors of a whole people.”
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Laski questions the legitimacy of hereditary governance over the populace.
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