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What differentiates Locke from all his predecessors is the manner of his writing on the one hand, and the fact of the Revolution on the other.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski identifies the unique aspects of Locke's writing style and the historical context of the Revolution as key differentiators from his predecessors.
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The essence of the persecuting position is always that the persecutor has hold of truth and that he would betray its service by allowing it to be questioned.
Each age makes some idol in its own image and sacrifices upon its altar the freedom of those who refuse it worship.
To deny novelty or grievance a right of expression is a certain, if, indeed, an ultimate, validation of the truth they contain.
The only way to deal with novelty is to understand it, and the only way to deal with grievance is to seek a remedy for the complaint it embodies.
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