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Here Rousseau had a message for Great Britain which Burke at every stage denied.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHere Rousseau had a message for Great Britain which Burke at every stage denied.
Laski points out Rousseau's relevance to British political thought, contrasting it with Burke's views.
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