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Harold J. Laski: What is mainly needed is analysis at once of his omissions and of the underlying assumptions of what he wrote.

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What is mainly needed is analysis at once of his omissions and of the underlying assumptions of what he wrote.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski calls for a deeper analysis of Burke's writings, focusing on what he omitted and the assumptions he made.

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