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Harold J. Laski: He accepts Harrington's dictum that the substance of government corresponds to the distribution of property, without…

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He accepts Harrington's dictum that the substance of government corresponds to the distribution of property, without making it, as later thinkers have done, the foundation of all political forces.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski discusses Harrington's view on the relationship between government and property distribution.

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